Birds to See in Argyll and Bute in June
131 bird species on our list for Argyll and Bute are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Oystercatcher, European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Common Gull and Barn Swallow. New this month: Eurasian Teal, European Storm-petrel, Pied-billed Grebe and Ruff.
On the move in June
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At their peak
From Argyll and Bute’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 131 birds in June
131 birds
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 3.82% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.60% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.49% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.78% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.58% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.55% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.30% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.26% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.08% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.97% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.95% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.80% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.79% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.76% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.75% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.70% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.61% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.60% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.60% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.32% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.30% in Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.30% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.28% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.24% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentCommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.21% in Jun
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.11% in Jun
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.10% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.10% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.09% in Jun
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxWinter visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.09% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.08% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.07% in Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.06% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · records held back in Jun (protected)
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Jun
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentRare32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
RuffCalidris pugnaxScarceRare20–32 cmRegularly Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 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