Birds to See in Orkney Islands in July
93 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
93 bird species on our list for Orkney Islands are recorded regularly in July. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Oystercatcher, European Herring Gull, Common Starling, Great Black-backed Gull and Fulmar. New this month: Merlin, Sooty Shearwater, Common Swift and Leach's Storm-petrel.
Residents
(25)Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Summer visitors
(60)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Great Skua
Stercorarius skuaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Feb–Nov
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Nov
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly May–Aug
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly May–Oct
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Apr–Jan
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Red Grouse
Lagopus scoticaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Winter visitors
(2)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
European Storm-petrel
Hydrobates pelagicusLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Leach's Storm-petrel
Hydrobates leucorhousVU
Regularly Jul
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Jul–Oct
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made