Birds to See in Scottish Borders in July
97 bird species on our list for Scottish Borders are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Barn Swallow, House Martin and European Herring Gull. New this month: Manx Shearwater, Red-throated Loon, Arctic Jaeger and Whimbrel and 1 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Scottish Borders’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 97 birds in July
97 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.65% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.55% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 3.37% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.19% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.12% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.66% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.63% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.61% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.58% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.48% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.35% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.30% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.10% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.07% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.99% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.87% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.84% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.79% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.77% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.77% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.64% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.59% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.54% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.51% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.48% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.38% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.28% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.28% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.23% in Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · records held back in Jul (protected)
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.18% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · records held back in Jul (protected)
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaSummer visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.18% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.13% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.10% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.10% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · records held back in Jul (protected)
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · records held back in Jul (protected)
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–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