Birds to See in Louth in June
72 bird species on our list for Louth are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Barn Swallow and Little Egret. New this month: Northern Lapwing, Common Gull, Greenshank and Eurasian Wigeon and 8 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
From Louth’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 72 birds in June
72 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.58% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.99% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.70% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.52% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.41% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 1.35% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.17% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 1.17% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.11% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.06% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.06% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.70% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.70% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.65% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.65% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.53% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.53% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.47% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.47% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.47% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.41% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.41% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.41% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.35% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun · 0.35% in Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.35% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.35% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun · 0.35% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.29% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.29% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.29% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.29% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · records held back in Jun (protected)
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.23% 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