Birds to See in West Midlands in June
91 bird species on our list for West Midlands are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie, European Robin and Carrion Crow. New this month: Common Gull and Pochard.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
From West Midlands’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
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.21% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.83% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.36% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.90% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.89% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.54% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.92% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.70% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 2.54% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.14% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jun
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.86% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.73% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.58% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.41% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.35% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.27% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.15% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.14% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.12% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.08% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.08% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.06% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.04% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.04% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · records held back in Jun (protected)
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusScarceRare140–165 cmRegularly Feb–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