Birds to See in Aberdeenshire in June
135 bird species on our list for Aberdeenshire are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Blackbird and Jackdaw. New this month: Golden Plover, Little Grebe, King Eider and Twite and 1 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Aberdeenshire’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 135 birds in June
135 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.99% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.71% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.67% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.48% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.32% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.26% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.99% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.98% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.94% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.93% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.89% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.68% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.67% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.61% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.57% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.56% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.52% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.43% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.38% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.30% in Jun
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentCommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.28% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.27% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.25% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Jun · 0.18% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.17% in Jun
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.17% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.14% in Jun
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.13% in Jun
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.12% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.10% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.09% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.09% in Jun
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.09% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.08% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.08% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.07% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.07% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in Jun (protected)
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Jun
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.06% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.05% in Jun
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · records held back in Jun (protected)
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.05% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · records held back in Jun (protected)
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentRare58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 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