Birds to See in Limerick in June
60 bird species on our list for Limerick are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Jackdaw, Mute Swan and Barn Swallow. New this month: Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Tufted Duck and Mistle Thrush and 8 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Limerick’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 60 birds in June
60 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 4.58% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.41% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 4.32% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 4.32% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 4.23% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.96% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.96% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.38% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 2.11% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.03% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 1.85% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.85% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.67% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.67% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.67% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.59% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.50% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.50% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 1.41% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.41% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 1.32% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.32% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.32% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 1.15% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.15% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 1.06% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.97% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.79% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.79% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.79% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.79% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.79% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.70% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.70% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · records held back in Jun (protected)
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.62% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.62% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.53% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.53% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.53% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jun · 0.44% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Jun · 0.44% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Jun · 0.44% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun · 0.44% in Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · records held back in Jun (protected)
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · records held back in Jun (protected)
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantCommon23–29 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.35% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaScarceUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · records held back in Jun (protected)
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.26% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.26% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusScarceUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–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