Birds to See in Dorset in June
145 bird species on our list for Dorset are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull and Chiffchaff. New this month: Green Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank and Dipper.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Dorset’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 145 birds in June
145 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.82% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.78% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.07% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.06% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.93% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.68% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.54% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.36% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.33% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.31% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.28% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.25% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.20% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.12% in Jun
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.10% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.07% in Jun
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisSummer visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Jun
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusSummer visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Black SwanCygnus atratusSummer visitorUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jun
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusRecords withheldRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · records held back in Jun (protected)
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