Birds to See in Eilean Siar in June
122 bird species on our list for Eilean Siar are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Oystercatcher, European Herring Gull, Common Gull, Meadow Pipit and Common Starling. New this month: Little Stint and Common Quail.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
From Eilean Siar’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 122 birds in June
122 birds
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 4.51% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.91% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.65% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.54% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.06% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.72% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.53% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.52% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.45% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.44% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.23% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.22% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.19% in Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorCommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.19% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.17% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.17% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.15% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.11% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.00% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.88% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.85% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.81% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.81% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.78% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.77% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.75% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.73% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.73% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.71% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.70% in Jun
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.69% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.56% in Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorCommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.53% in Jun
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.50% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.47% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Jun
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.43% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.41% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.37% in Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.37% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.33% in Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.30% in Jun
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentCommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.26% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.24% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.21% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in Jun
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.18% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.16% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.16% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.13% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.13% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.11% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.10% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Jun
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentCommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · records held back in Jun (protected)
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.07% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentUncommon34–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Jun
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.06% in Jun
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.06% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.05% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentUncommonRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Jun
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaSummer visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.05% in Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · records held back in Jun (protected)
CootFulica atraSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.04% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Jun
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentUncommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.03% in Jun
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixScarceRare16–18 cmRegularly Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
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