Birds to See in Denbighshire in July
95 bird species on our list for Denbighshire are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, European Goldfinch and Buzzard. New this month: Red Crossbill, Redshank, Mute Swan and Sanderling and 7 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Denbighshire’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 95 birds in July
95 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.29% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.61% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.46% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.07% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 2.02% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.97% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.53% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.43% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.43% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 1.38% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 1.23% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.18% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.03% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.99% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.99% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.99% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.99% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.94% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.89% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.89% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.84% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.84% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.79% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.79% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.79% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.79% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.74% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaSummer visitorCommon37–42 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.69% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.69% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.64% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.59% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.59% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.59% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.59% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.54% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.54% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.54% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.54% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.49% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.49% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.49% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.49% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.44% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Jul · 0.44% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.39% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.39% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.39% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorCommon41–49 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.39% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.39% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.34% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.34% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.34% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.34% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.30% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.30% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.30% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.25% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.25% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.25% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.20% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Jul · 0.20% in Jul
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.20% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentCommon37–43 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.15% 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