Birds to See in Ulster in June
92 species listed for June · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in June3
Residents
(43)Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly May–Feb
Summer visitors
(44)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Jan–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly May–Aug
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Apr–Feb
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly May–Jan
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly May–Aug
Corncrake
Crex crexLC
Regularly May–Jul
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Jul
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Aug
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Winter visitors
(5)Present outside the breeding season
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