Birds to See in Donegal in June
90 species listed for June · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
90 bird species on our list for Donegal are recorded regularly in June. Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Eurasian Wren, Barn Swallow, Meadow Pipit and Great Black-backed Gull. New this month: Red-breasted Merganser, Little Egret, Goldcrest and Great Crested Grebe and 6 more.
Residents
(37)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Apr–Feb
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Jun–Nov
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Summer visitors
(45)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Jan–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly May–Feb
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly May–Aug
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Apr–Feb
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly May–Jan
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly May–Aug
Corncrake
Crex crexLC
Regularly May–Jul
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Jul
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Jul
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Winter visitors
(3)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(5)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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