Birds to See in Flintshire in July
70 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
70 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.
New in July12
Residents
(48)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly May–Mar
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly May–Feb
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly May–Dec
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly May–Jul
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Jul–Jan
Summer visitors
(13)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Winter visitors
(5)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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