Birds to See in Northern Ireland in June
121 bird species on our list for Northern Ireland are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Common Starling and House Sparrow. New this month: European Storm-petrel.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
From Northern Ireland’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 121 birds in June
121 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.34% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.77% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.69% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.07% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.98% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.81% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.60% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.53% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.40% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.36% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.20% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.15% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.11% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.08% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.07% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · records held back in Jun (protected)
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.03% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · records held back in Jun (protected)
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% 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