Birds to See in Essex in June
133 bird species on our list for Essex are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Blackbird and Blue Tit. New this month: Green Sandpiper, Osprey, Eider and Marsh Tit.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
Leaving soon
From Essex’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 133 birds in June
133 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.77% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.74% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.64% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.56% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.14% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.07% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.07% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jun
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.68% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in Jun
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.55% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.52% in Jun
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.33% in Jun
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.25% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.24% in Jun
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.19% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisSummer visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.14% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.12% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Jun
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Jun
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentRare50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 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