Birds to See in Edinburgh in June
108 bird species on our list for Edinburgh are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Carrion Crow. New this month: Red-throated Loon, Kittiwake, Eurasian Jay and Rock Pipit and 2 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Edinburgh’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 108 birds in June
108 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.45% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.83% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.65% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 4.38% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.17% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.85% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.68% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.03% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.43% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.18% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.98% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.98% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.82% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.71% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.31% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.23% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.16% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.13% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.11% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.08% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.07% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.06% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in Jun (protected)
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Jun
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · records held back in Jun (protected)
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Jun
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.03% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaWinter visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.03% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.02% in Jun
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · records held back in Jun (protected)
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Jun
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaScarceRare40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · records held back in Jun (protected)
PochardAythya ferinaScarceRare42–49 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 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