Birds to See in Latvia in June
160 bird species on our list for Latvia are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Chaffinch, Blackbird, Hooded Crow, Chiffchaff and Great Tit. New this month: Great Grey Shrike, Little Grebe and Long-eared Owl.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Latvia’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 160 birds in June
160 birds
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.85% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.34% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.24% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.13% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.03% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.88% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.80% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.66% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.52% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.50% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.49% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jun
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.36% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.19% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.18% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.02% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.00% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.97% in Jun
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.97% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.92% in Jun
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.90% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.89% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.85% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jun
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.81% in Jun
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.80% in Jun
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.78% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.76% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.75% in Jun
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.74% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.66% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.61% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.55% in Jun
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in Jun
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.51% in Jun
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.50% in Jun
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorCommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.50% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.42% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Jun
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.38% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.32% in Jun
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.32% in Jun
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.25% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.24% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Jun
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.22% in Jun
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.20% in Jun
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.20% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.20% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.18% in Jun
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.18% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.16% in Jun
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.16% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.16% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.13% in Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Jun
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.11% in Jun
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jun
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.09% in Jun
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.09% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.08% in Jun
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Jun
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.08% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Jun
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.06% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in Jun
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Jun
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Jun
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.05% in Jun
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon31–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.03% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jun
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Jun
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% 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