Birds to See in Mayo in June
94 bird species on our list for Mayo are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Eurasian Wren, Eurasian Skylark, European Herring Gull and Blackbird. New this month: Whooper Swan and Eider.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
From Mayo’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 94 birds in June
94 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.33% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.74% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.13% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.06% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.53% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.40% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.29% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.29% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.01% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.97% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.94% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.82% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.81% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.79% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.77% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.69% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.68% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.64% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.63% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.58% in Jun
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.56% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.48% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.46% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.41% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.40% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.40% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.38% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.35% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.35% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Jun
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.33% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.33% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.33% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.33% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.31% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.30% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.30% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.28% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.28% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorUncommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.26% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.23% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.18% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Jun
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.16% in Jun
American Black DuckAnas rubripesPassage migrantUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.15% in Jun
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.10% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.10% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.08% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.05% in Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaScarceUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · records held back in Jun (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