Birds to See in Ulster in June
92 bird species on our list for Ulster are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Wren, European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Meadow Pipit and Blackbird. New this month: Red-breasted Merganser, Little Egret and Canada Goose.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Ulster’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 92 birds in June
92 birds
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 3.28% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.06% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.91% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.34% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.25% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.19% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.13% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.13% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.01% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.98% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.98% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.98% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.95% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.92% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.86% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.86% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.83% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.83% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.80% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.69% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.66% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.66% in Jun
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.66% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.63% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.60% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.57% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.54% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.51% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.48% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.48% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.45% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.42% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.42% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.39% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.36% in Jun
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorCommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.36% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.36% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.33% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.33% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.33% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.30% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.30% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.30% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.27% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.24% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.24% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.21% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.21% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.18% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.18% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.18% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.15% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.15% 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