Birds to See in Munster in June
116 bird species on our list for Munster are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Eurasian Wren, European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow and Jackdaw. New this month: Redshank, Greenshank, Northern Lapwing and Mediterranean Gull and 5 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Munster’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 116 birds in June
116 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.21% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.61% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.13% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.96% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.86% in Jun
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.70% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.45% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.30% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.29% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.26% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.25% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.14% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.13% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.09% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.07% in Jun
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.07% in Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.04% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Jun
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.04% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Jun
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Jun
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 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

