Birds to See in Cornwall in June
136 bird species on our list for Cornwall are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Eurasian Wren and Carrion Crow. New this month: European Storm-petrel, Sooty Shearwater, Mediterranean Gull and Redshank and 11 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Cornwall’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 136 birds in June
136 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.13% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.44% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.89% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.41% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.40% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.24% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.22% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.92% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.77% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.28% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.26% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Jun
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.16% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.11% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Jun
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.09% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.07% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.06% in Jun
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.06% in Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.06% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaWinter visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Jun
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantCommon35–40 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.04% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Jun
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusRecords withheldRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · records held back in Jun (protected)
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Jun
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.01% in Jun
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Jun
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantRare58–65 cmRegularly Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jun · 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