Birds to See in West Sussex in June
147 bird species on our list for West Sussex are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, European Robin and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Green Sandpiper, Little Gull, European Shag and Yellow-legged Gull and 3 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From West Sussex’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 147 birds in June
147 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.96% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.84% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.71% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.42% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.97% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.82% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jun
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.59% in Jun
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.38% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.31% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.29% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.18% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.14% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.14% in Jun
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.13% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.12% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.04% in Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorRare80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisWinter visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.01% in Jun
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.01% in Jun
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jun
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.01% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 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