Birds to See in Scotland in June
194 bird species on our list for Scotland are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Blackbird, House Sparrow, Jackdaw and Woodpigeon. New this month: Mediterranean Gull, Roseate Tern, Leach's Storm-petrel and Pied-billed Grebe and 3 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Scotland’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 194 birds in June
194 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.02% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.58% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.51% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.58% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.30% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.88% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.85% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.83% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.65% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.63% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.59% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.56% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.46% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.42% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.27% in Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.22% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Jun
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerResidentUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.12% in Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jun
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Jun
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentRare16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
King EiderSomateria spectabilisSummer visitorRare46–64 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.01% in Jun
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentRare30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentRare42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorRare80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxWinter visitorRare39–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Jun
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisRecords withheldRare46–61 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · records held back in Jun (protected)
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.00% in Jun
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorRare26–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorRare28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Jun
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantRare43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsPassage migrantRare31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–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