Birds to See in Ceredigion in July
107 bird species on our list for Ceredigion are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Barn Swallow, Red Kite and Blackbird. New this month: Ruddy Turnstone, Sandwich Tern, Mediterranean Gull and Dunlin and 6 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Ceredigion’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 107 birds in July
107 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.08% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.23% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.76% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.09% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.09% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.02% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.92% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.74% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.74% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.69% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.65% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.60% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.57% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.57% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.47% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.42% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.42% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.37% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.35% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.35% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.35% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.32% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.27% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentUncommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Jul
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.22% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.22% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.20% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.20% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.20% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.20% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.17% in Jul
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · records held back in Jul (protected)
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in Jul (protected)
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.15% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.12% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.12% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.10% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.10% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.07% 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