Birds to See in Derry in June
65 bird species on our list for Derry are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Common Starling, Jackdaw, Rook and Hooded Crow. New this month: Carrion Crow, Common Gull, Eurasian Siskin and Grasshopper Warbler and 7 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Derry’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 65 birds in June
65 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 4.56% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.57% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 3.49% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 3.07% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.99% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.90% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.82% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.82% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.57% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.41% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.24% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.83% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.74% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.41% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.41% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.33% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.33% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.24% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.24% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.24% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.16% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.16% in Jun
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorCommonRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.16% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.16% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneScarceCommon45–47 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 1.08% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.00% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.83% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.83% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.75% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.75% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.66% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.66% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.66% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.66% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.66% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.66% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.58% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.58% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.58% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.58% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun · 0.50% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.50% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jun · 0.50% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.50% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.41% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.41% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · records held back in Jun (protected)
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.41% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.33% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.33% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.33% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · records held back in Jun (protected)
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · records held back in Jun (protected)
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.25% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.25% 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