Birds to See in Gwynedd in July
112 bird species on our list for Gwynedd are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Barn Swallow and Blackbird. New this month: Redshank, Greenshank, Ruddy Turnstone and Whimbrel and 4 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Gwynedd’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 112 birds in July
112 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.72% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.73% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.08% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.20% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.53% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.51% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.30% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.86% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.85% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.85% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.83% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.83% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.83% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.78% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.70% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.65% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.54% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.49% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.37% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.36% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.34% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.34% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.31% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.29% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.29% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.26% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.24% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.13% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.11% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.11% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.11% in Jul
Black SwanCygnus atratusScarceUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Jul · 0.10% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.10% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 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