Birds to See in Herefordshire in June
91 bird species on our list for Herefordshire are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Eurasian Wren, Chiffchaff and European Robin. New this month: Green Sandpiper, Tawny Owl, Hobby and Northern Lapwing.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Herefordshire’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 91 birds in June
91 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.49% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.96% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.66% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.57% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 3.11% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.21% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.11% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.55% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.53% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.38% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.06% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.77% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.72% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.70% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.68% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.59% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.55% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorCommon41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.45% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.43% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.43% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.42% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.34% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.30% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.28% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorCommon37–43 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.25% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.23% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.21% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.21% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.17% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.15% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.15% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.15% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.15% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon29–37 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.15% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · records held back in Jun (protected)
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.13% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.11% in Jun
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.11% in Jun
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.11% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.09% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.09% in Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaScarceUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 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