Birds to See in South Ayrshire in July
92 bird species on our list for South Ayrshire are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Jackdaw, Rook, Lesser Black-backed Gull and House Sparrow. New this month: Curlew, Redshank, Little Grebe and Grey Wagtail and 7 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From South Ayrshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 92 birds in July
92 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 10.24% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 10.11% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 9.37% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 9.17% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 9.06% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.06% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.92% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 4.83% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.65% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.83% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.78% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.93% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.64% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.64% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.55% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.43% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.32% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.26% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.21% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.17% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.14% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.09% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.03% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.02% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorRare34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · records held back in Jul (protected)
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.02% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentRare43–54 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.01% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentRare58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · records held back in Jul (protected)
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantRare40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentRare32–35 cmRegularly Jul · 0.00% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Greater ScaupAythya marilaScarceRare39–56 cmRegularly Apr–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