Birds to See in Donegal in June
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.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Eurasian SkylarkBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
European GoldfinchBusiest month of the year · Jan–Nov
Common SandpiperBusiest month of the year · May–Aug
Arctic TernBusiest month of the year · May–Aug
Spotted FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Jul
Leaving soon
From Donegal’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 90 birds in June
90 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.68% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Jun- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 3.21% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.95% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jun- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.25% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.92% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.79% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.69% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jun- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.59% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.33% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.26% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.23% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.16% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.13% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.09% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.09% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.06% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.03% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.03% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.99% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.96% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.96% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.93% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.86% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.83% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.80% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.80% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.76% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.73% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.73% in Jun
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.73% in Jun- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.70% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.66% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.63% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.63% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.60% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.60% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.56% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.56% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.53% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.50% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.46% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.46% in Jun- Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.43% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.43% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.40% in Jun
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorCommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.40% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.40% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.36% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.36% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.33% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.33% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.30% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.30% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.27% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.27% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.23% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusPassage migrantCommon13–16 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.23% in Jun- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.23% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.20% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.20% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.20% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.17% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.17% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.10% 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