Birds to See in Perthshire and Kinross in July
105 bird species on our list for Perthshire and Kinross are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Barn Swallow, Chaffinch and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Barn Owl.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
House MartinBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Common SwiftBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullBusiest month of the year · Jan–Nov
Meadow PipitBusiest month of the year · All year
Sand MartinBusiest month of the year · Mar–Sep
Great Black-backed GullBusiest month of the year · Jun–Oct
From Perthshire and Kinross’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 105 birds in July
105 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.15% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 3.11% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Jul- House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.61% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jul- Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.87% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jul- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.61% in Jul
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.48% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.37% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.24% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jul- Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.07% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.97% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.92% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.60% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.57% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.53% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.51% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.48% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.42% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.35% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.29% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.27% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.26% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.18% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.17% in Jul
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.14% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.14% in Jul
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentCommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · records held back in Jul (protected)
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in Jul
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.08% in Jul
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.06% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.05% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · records held back in Jul (protected)
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