Birds to See in Sligo in June
52 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.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Sligo’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 52 birds in June
52 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly May–Mar · 3.50% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 3.44% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 3.37% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 3.11% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 3.11% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly May–Mar · 2.66% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRegularly May–Mar · 2.60% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly May–Mar · 2.53% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 2.34% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly May–Mar · 2.21% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.21% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 2.14% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly May–Mar · 2.08% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 2.08% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 2.08% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.95% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.88% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.82% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.82% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.75% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.69% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.62% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.62% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.56% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.49% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.43% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.30% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.30% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 1.17% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly May–Dec · 1.17% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.10% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.10% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantCommon65–80 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.04% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.04% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.97% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.97% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.97% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.97% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.97% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.91% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.91% in Jun
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorCommonRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.91% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.84% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.65% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.58% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.52% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.45% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.39% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jun · 0.32% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusScarceUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · records held back in Jun (protected)
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaScarceUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 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