Birds to See in Staffordshire in June
132 bird species on our list for Staffordshire are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper and Great Black-backed Gull.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Staffordshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 132 birds in June
132 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.62% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.33% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.66% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.63% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.52% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.49% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.01% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.97% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.93% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.92% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.91% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.91% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.88% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.71% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.61% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.55% in Jun
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.45% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.37% in Jun
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · records held back in Jun (protected)
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.34% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.29% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.26% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.21% in Jun
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.20% in Jun
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.20% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.17% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Jun
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.15% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.14% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jun
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.08% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.08% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.07% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Jun
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaWinter visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentRare58–70 cmRegularly Mar–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