Birds to See in Belgium in June
178 bird species on our list for Belgium are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff and Jackdaw. New this month: Common Crane and Squacco Heron.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
From Belgium’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 178 birds in June
178 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.38% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.88% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.32% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.26% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.95% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.72% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.33% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.16% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.96% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jun
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.82% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.77% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.75% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jun
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jun
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.56% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jun
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.55% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.36% in Jun
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.31% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.29% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Jun
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.25% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.19% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.17% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jun
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in Jun
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Jun
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.15% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.12% in Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.12% in Jun
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Jun
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Jun
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Jun
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Jun
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Jun
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Jun
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.04% in Jun
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Jun · 0.04% in Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorRare66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.03% in Jun
RuffCalidris pugnaxResidentUncommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantRare27–29 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantRare22–30 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorRare43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
SerinSerinus serinusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jun
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
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