Birds to See in Ireland in June
154 bird species on our list for Ireland are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Hooded Crow, Blackbird and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Greenshank, Whooper Swan, European Turtle-dove and Forster's Tern and 3 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Ireland’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 154 birds in June
154 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.44% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.79% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.52% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.18% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.11% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.00% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.73% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.52% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.52% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.40% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Jun
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.27% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.24% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.20% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.09% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorRare22–30 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentRare66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentRare35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Jun · 0.02% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorRare54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentRare80–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorRare28–35 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorRare14–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentRare37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
American Black DuckAnas rubripesPassage migrantRare54–59 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantRare78–90 cmRegularly Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorRare80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantRare33–36 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.00% 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