Birds to See in Sligo in June
50 species listed for June · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
50 bird species on our list for Sligo are recorded regularly in June. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Blackbird and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Eurasian Oystercatcher, Curlew, Black-headed Gull and Common Gull and 7 more.
New in June11
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly May–Mar
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly May–Mar
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly May–Mar
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly May–Mar
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Jun–Jan
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Summer visitors
(13)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly May–Dec
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Dec
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Winter visitors
(6)Present outside the breeding season
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly May–Mar
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jun–Mar
Passage migrants
(5)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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