Birds to See in West Dunbartonshire in July
48 bird species on our list for West Dunbartonshire are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Woodpigeon, European Robin and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Great Cormorant, Common Starling, Moorhen and Meadow Pipit and 1 more.
On the move in July
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At their peak
From West Dunbartonshire’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 48 birds in July
48 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.95% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 4.95% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.28% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly May–Mar · 3.34% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.94% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.87% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.74% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.74% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.74% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.60% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.60% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.60% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly May–Jan · 1.60% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.47% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.47% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.34% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.34% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.20% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.20% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.20% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.20% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.07% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.07% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 1.07% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.07% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.07% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.94% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.80% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.80% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.80% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.67% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.53% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.40% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.40% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.40% 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