Birds to See in Highland in June
148 bird species on our list for Highland are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Chaffinch, Willow Warbler, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Blackbird and European Herring Gull. New this month: European Storm-petrel, Common Quail and Red-backed Shrike.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
Common SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–Aug
Sand MartinBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
WhitethroatBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
WhinchatBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
European Pied FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Jul
Western Marsh-harrierBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
From Highland’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 148 birds in June
148 birds
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.93% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.32% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.56% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jun- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.48% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jun- Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.29% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.07% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 1.04% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.76% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.66% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.63% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.57% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.55% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.52% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.49% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Jun
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.48% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun- WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.33% in Jun
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.33% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.31% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.20% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in Jun
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Jun
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.16% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.15% in Jun
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun- WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jun
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.13% in Jun
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
MagpiePica picaResidentUncommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.07% in Jun
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.06% in Jun
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.06% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun- Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorRare21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.00% 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