Birds to See in Powys in July
95 bird species on our list for Powys are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Red Kite and Barn Swallow. New this month: Great Black-backed Gull.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulAt their peak
From Powys’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 95 birds in July
95 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.89% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.71% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.24% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.76% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.51% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.35% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.50% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.89% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.79% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.79% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.75% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.73% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.67% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.59% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorCommon30–36 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.55% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.49% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.47% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.43% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.41% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.34% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.32% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.24% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.24% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.22% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.22% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.22% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.20% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.20% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.20% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.16% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.14% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorCommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Jul
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.12% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · records held back in Jul (protected)
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.08% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–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