Birds to See in Kildare in June
64 bird species on our list for Kildare are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Rook, Hooded Crow and Eurasian Wren. New this month: European Herring Gull, Little Grebe, Coot and Lesser Black-backed Gull and 9 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Kildare’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 64 birds in June
64 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.70% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.57% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.38% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.85% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.66% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.46% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.81% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 2.55% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.16% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.96% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.89% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.89% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.83% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.44% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.31% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.24% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.18% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.18% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.18% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.11% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 1.05% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 1.05% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.05% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.91% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.91% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.91% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.85% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.78% in Jun
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentCommon35–40 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.78% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.78% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.72% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.72% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.65% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.65% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun · 0.59% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.59% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.59% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.59% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.52% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.52% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.46% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.46% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.39% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.39% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · records held back in Jun (protected)
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.20% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jun · 0.20% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.20% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 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