Birds to See in Down in June
77 bird species on our list for Down are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, European Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird and Common Starling. New this month: Stonechat and Canada Goose.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
From Down’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 77 birds in June
77 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 6.35% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 5.07% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.63% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.48% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.48% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.87% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.87% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.72% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.69% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 3.07% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.41% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.41% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.29% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.11% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.59% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.59% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.59% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.56% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.56% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.53% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.47% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.38% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.38% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Jun
CootFulica atraSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.32% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.32% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.32% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.29% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.26% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.26% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.26% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.26% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisSummer visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.26% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.23% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.20% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.20% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.15% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Jun · 0.12% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.12% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.12% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusScarceUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · records held back in Jun (protected)
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.09% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.09% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · records held back in Jun (protected)
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 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