Birds to See in Estonia in June
168 species listed for June · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
168 bird species on our list for Estonia are recorded regularly in June. Of these, the most often recorded are Chaffinch, Hooded Crow, Pied Wagtail, Blackbird and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Spotted Crake and Common Quail.
New in June2
Leaving after last month29
- Long-tailed Duck
- Barnacle Goose
- Smew
- Red-throated Loon
- Greater Scaup
- Brent Goose
- Hen Harrier
- Northern Pintail
- Bohemian Waxwing
- Brambling
- Tundra Bean Goose
- Razorbill
- Tundra Swan
- Black Guillemot
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Merlin
- Rough-legged Hawk
- Little Stint
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Canada Goose
- Arctic Jaeger
- Rock Pipit
- Firecrest
- Temminck's Stint
- Parrot Crossbill
- Little Grebe
- Lapland Longspur
- Red-breasted Goose
- Short-eared Owl
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(113)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly May–Aug
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Aug
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Corncrake
Crex crexLC
Regularly May–Jul
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Sep
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Apr–Aug
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly May–Aug
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly May–Aug
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly May–Sep
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Winter visitors
(20)Present outside the breeding season
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Recorded all year
Passage migrants
(9)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Jun
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Jun–Jul
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Mar–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