Birds to See in Pembrokeshire in July
119 bird species on our list for Pembrokeshire are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Carrion Crow and Eurasian Oystercatcher. New this month: Mediterranean Gull, Common Scoter, Ruddy Turnstone and Little Grebe and 7 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Pembrokeshire’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 119 birds in July
119 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.88% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.89% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.95% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.90% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.73% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.62% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.61% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.32% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.25% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.23% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.14% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.67% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.55% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.55% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.41% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.38% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Jul
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.31% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.30% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.26% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.24% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.19% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.17% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.13% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.12% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.10% in Jul
CootFulica atraSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.10% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.10% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.10% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.10% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.09% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.08% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaPassage migrantRare21–23 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 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