Birds to See in Galway in June
118 bird species on our list for Galway are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, Black-headed Gull and Blackbird. New this month: Greenshank, White-tailed Sea-eagle, Forster's Tern and Barn Owl and 1 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Galway’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 118 birds in June
118 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.82% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.22% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.60% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.55% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.42% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.32% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.14% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.86% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.76% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.71% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.66% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.66% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.58% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.55% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.48% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.30% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.22% in Jun
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.18% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantUncommon22–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.17% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.13% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.13% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.11% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.05% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.05% in Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.05% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusScarceRare18–19 cmRegularly Jun · 0.05% in Jun
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Jun
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in Jun (protected)
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.04% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.02% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.02% 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