Birds to See in Suffolk in June
162 bird species on our list for Suffolk are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Eurasian Wren and Chiffchaff. New this month: Green Sandpiper, Red-backed Shrike and Common Quail.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Suffolk’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 162 birds in June
162 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.72% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.61% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.52% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.34% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.30% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.03% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.98% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jun
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.84% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.80% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.78% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.68% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.58% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorCommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.19% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.18% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.16% in Jun
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.16% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.16% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Jun
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.11% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jun
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.07% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentRare16–19 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · records held back in Jun (protected)
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Black SwanCygnus atratusSummer visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% 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