Birds to See in Antrim in June
105 bird species on our list for Antrim are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, Eurasian Wren and Blackbird. New this month: Mediterranean Gull, European Storm-petrel and Stock Dove.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Antrim’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 105 birds in June
105 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.76% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.13% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.08% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.49% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.07% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.03% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.96% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.92% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.81% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.68% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.61% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.59% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.57% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.56% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.52% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.50% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.49% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.46% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.41% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.32% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.26% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.19% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.18% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.16% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.15% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.14% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.12% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.10% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.06% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.05% in Jun
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · records held back in Jun (protected)
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% 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