Birds to See in Cork in June
103 bird species on our list for Cork are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Wren, European Herring Gull, Blackbird, Hooded Crow and Woodpigeon. New this month: Redshank, Greenshank, Mediterranean Gull and Northern Lapwing and 1 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Cork’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 103 birds in June
103 birds
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.86% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.59% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.14% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.02% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.83% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.81% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jun
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.66% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.49% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.40% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.39% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.29% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.26% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.24% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.22% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.13% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.11% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.10% in Jun
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.10% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.08% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.05% in Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantUncommon66–94 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% 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