Birds to See in Midlothian in June
95 bird species on our list for Midlothian are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Eurasian Wren, Chaffinch and Chiffchaff. New this month: Common Gull, Red-legged Partridge, Common Quail and Barn Owl and 2 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Midlothian’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 95 birds in June
95 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.00% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.65% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.12% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.42% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.98% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.95% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 1.78% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.76% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.60% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.33% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.93% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.93% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.78% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.54% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.54% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.37% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.34% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.30% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.29% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.29% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.27% in Jun
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.27% in Jun
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaWinter visitorCommon37–42 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.26% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.26% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentCommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.21% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.19% in Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun · 0.18% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.16% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.11% in Jun
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · records held back in Jun (protected)
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.08% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jun · 0.08% in Jun
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.08% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun · 0.08% 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