Birds to See in Conwy in July
99 bird species on our list for Conwy are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw and European Goldfinch. New this month: Greenshank, Sandwich Tern, Common Kingfisher and Garden Warbler and 1 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Conwy’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 99 birds in July
99 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.63% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.04% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.89% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.56% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.37% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.23% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.79% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.77% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.71% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.64% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.54% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.50% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.50% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.48% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.42% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.39% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.39% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.37% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.35% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.33% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.33% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.29% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.25% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.25% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.21% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.21% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.21% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.21% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in Jul (protected)
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.12% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.12% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.06% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.06% 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