Birds to See in Swansea in July
83 bird species on our list for Swansea are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird and European Goldfinch. New this month: Redshank, Dunlin, Greylag Goose and Common Gull and 8 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Swansea’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 83 birds in July
83 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.81% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.01% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.95% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.56% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.59% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.25% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.04% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.28% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.06% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.06% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.00% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.94% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.88% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.82% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.76% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.76% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.73% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.64% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.61% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.58% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.55% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.52% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.49% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.30% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.27% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.27% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.24% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · records held back in Jul (protected)
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.21% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.21% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.18% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.15% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.12% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 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