Birds to See in Flintshire in July
71 bird species on our list for Flintshire are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Herring Gull, Blackbird, Barn Swallow and Carrion Crow. New this month: Great Cormorant, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Gull and Dunlin and 8 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Flintshire’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 71 birds in July
71 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.04% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.44% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.12% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.88% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.72% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.60% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.60% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.36% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.20% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.20% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.12% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.04% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.04% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.04% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.96% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.96% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.80% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.80% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.80% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.72% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.72% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.72% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.72% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantCommon21–25 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.72% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.64% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.64% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.64% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.56% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.56% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.56% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.48% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.48% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.48% in Jul
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.40% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.40% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · records held back in Jul (protected)
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.32% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.32% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.32% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.24% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.24% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.24% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.24% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.24% 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