Birds to See in Angus in June
114 bird species on our list for Angus are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Blackbird and Eurasian Oystercatcher. New this month: Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Snipe, Wheatear and Common Kingfisher and 4 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Angus’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 114 birds in June
114 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.53% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.46% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.27% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.86% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.72% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.41% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.26% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.19% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.17% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.10% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.05% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.93% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.86% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.84% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.79% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.72% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.64% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.62% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.62% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.62% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.55% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.53% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.50% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.48% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.43% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.41% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.36% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.33% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.33% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.33% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.31% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.31% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.31% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.29% in Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.26% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.26% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.26% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.24% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.24% in Jun
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · records held back in Jun (protected)
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · records held back in Jun (protected)
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.17% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.17% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun · 0.14% in Jun
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.12% in Jun
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.12% in Jun
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.12% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.07% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerScarceUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · records held back in Jun (protected)
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 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