Birds to See in Angus in June
109 species listed for June · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
109 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.
Residents
(58)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Red-legged Partridge
Alectoris rufaNT
Regularly Feb–Oct
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red Grouse
Lagopus scoticaLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Summer visitors
(38)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Jan–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Sep
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Aug
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Winter visitors
(6)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jun–Apr
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Jun
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly Jun–Oct
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Jun–Aug
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Jun
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
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