Birds to See in Dumfries and Galloway in June
111 bird species on our list for Dumfries and Galloway are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon and Chaffinch. New this month: Atlantic Puffin and Nightjar.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
From Dumfries and Galloway’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 111 birds in June
111 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.37% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.28% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.88% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.78% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.37% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.34% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.99% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.87% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.83% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.75% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.62% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.56% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.41% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.39% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.35% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.33% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.33% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.31% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.29% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.29% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.29% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.27% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.21% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.19% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Jun · 0.17% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.17% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.17% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.17% in Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.15% in Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · records held back in Jun (protected)
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.12% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Jun · 0.12% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Jun
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.06% in Jun
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · records held back in Jun (protected)
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · records held back in Jun (protected)
PochardAythya ferinaScarceRare42–49 cmRegularly Apr–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