Birds to See in Russia in June
244 species listed for June · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
244 bird species on our list for Russia are recorded regularly in June. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Wagtail, Hooded Crow, Chaffinch, Rock Dove and Great Tit. New this month: Common Redpoll, Kittiwake, Glaucous Gull and Snow Bunting and 11 more.
New in June15
Leaving after last month23
- Bullfinch
- Taiga Bean Goose
- Little Stint
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Sandwich Tern
- Mediterranean Gull
- Gull-billed Tern
- Leach's Storm-petrel
- Kentish Plover
- Red-billed Chough
- Squacco Heron
- Chukar
- Ring Ouzel
- Jack Snipe
- Woodchat Shrike
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Egyptian Vulture
- Cattle Egret
- Moustached Warbler
- Short-toed Lark
- Boreal Owl
- Bar-headed Goose
- Oriental Scops-owl
Residents
(43)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(159)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Sep
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Mar–Nov
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Corncrake
Crex crexLC
Regularly May–Jul
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Recorded all year
Vega Gull
Larus vegaeLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Feb–Sep
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed Gull
Larus crassirostrisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Recorded all year
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly May–Sep
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Recorded all year
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly May–Sep
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly May–Oct
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly May–Sep
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Dusky Thrush
Turdus eunomusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly May–Sep
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly May–Nov
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Apr–Jan
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly May–Jul
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly May–Jul
Parrot Crossbill
Loxia pytyopsittacusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Winter visitors
(25)Present outside the breeding season
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Recorded all year
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Jun–Mar
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Passage migrants
(17)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Oct
Steller's Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus pelagicusVU
Regularly Apr–Aug
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly May–Sep
Pacific Loon
Gavia pacificaLC
Regularly Jun–Jul
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Jun–Oct
Rock Ptarmigan
Lagopus mutaLC
Regularly Jun–Jul
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Jun–Jul
King Eider
Somateria spectabilisLC
Regularly Jun–Aug
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly Jun–Jul
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Jun–Jul
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Regularly Jun
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Jun–Aug
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