Birds to See in Monmouthshire in July
85 bird species on our list for Monmouthshire are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Goldfinch and European Robin. New this month: Kestrel, Redshank, Great Black-backed Gull and Marsh Tit.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Monmouthshire’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 85 birds in July
85 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.64% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.58% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.45% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 4.21% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 3.28% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.97% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.47% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.67% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.55% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.36% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.36% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.18% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.18% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.11% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.11% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.99% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.87% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.80% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.68% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.68% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.68% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.62% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.62% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.62% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.62% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.56% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.56% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.49% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.49% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.49% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.43% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.43% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.37% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.37% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.37% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.37% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.37% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.31% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.31% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.31% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.31% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.25% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.25% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.25% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.25% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.25% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.19% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.19% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · records held back in Jul (protected)
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · records held back in Jul (protected)
Water RailRallus aquaticusScarceUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · records held back in Jul (protected)
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoScarceUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · records held back in Jul (protected)
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