Birds to See in Shetland Islands in July
98 bird species on our list for Shetland Islands are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Oystercatcher, Arctic Tern, European Herring Gull, Common Starling and Fulmar. New this month: Glaucous Gull, Red Knot, Ruff and Stonechat and 3 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Shetland Islands’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 98 birds in July
98 birds
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 3.98% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 3.95% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.56% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Jul
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.75% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.71% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.11% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.88% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorCommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.82% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.30% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.99% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.91% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jul
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.86% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.72% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.56% in Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.39% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.36% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.29% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.27% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.25% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.24% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.19% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.17% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.16% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneSummer visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.07% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.06% in Jul
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Jul
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaSummer visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · records held back in Jul (protected)
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.03% in Jul
MagpiePica picaScarceRare44–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorRare36–41 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Jul
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