Birds to See in Denmark in June
193 bird species on our list for Denmark are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Hooded Crow, Barn Swallow and Chiffchaff. New this month: Spotted Crake and Bar-headed Goose.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
From Denmark’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 193 birds in June
193 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.49% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.30% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.91% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.80% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.75% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.74% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.62% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.35% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.10% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.99% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.98% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.94% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.87% in Jun
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.87% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.79% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.72% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.64% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.52% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.47% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.47% in Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.42% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.36% in Jun
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.36% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Jun
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.29% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.26% in Jun
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in Jun
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.22% in Jun
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Jun
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.19% in Jun
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.17% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Jun
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.15% in Jun
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Jun
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Jun
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.13% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jun
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.07% in Jun
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.06% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Jun
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.06% in Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Jun
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.05% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorRare55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.03% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Jun
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Jun
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorRare22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorRare37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.01% in Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantRare27–29 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantRare93–122 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 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