Birds to See in West Yorkshire in June
134 bird species on our list for West Yorkshire are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Magpie and European Goldfinch. New this month: Green Sandpiper and Merlin.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunFrom West Yorkshire’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 134 birds in June
134 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.03% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.74% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.26% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.83% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.41% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.37% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.34% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.24% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.16% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.99% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.93% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.89% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.85% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.77% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jun
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · records held back in Jun (protected)
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.27% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.23% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.23% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.18% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.18% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.11% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.09% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.05% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Jun
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantRare24–33 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Jun
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusScarceRare10–11 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