Birds to See in Moray in June
114 bird species on our list for Moray are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Oystercatcher, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow and Willow Warbler. New this month: Crested Tit, Grey Wagtail, Canada Goose and Garden Warbler.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Moray’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 114 birds in June
114 birds
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.47% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.28% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.47% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.08% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.05% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.01% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.94% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.90% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.89% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.84% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.82% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.68% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.62% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.59% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.54% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.51% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.48% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.43% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.40% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.35% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.33% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.27% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.25% in Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.25% in Jun
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.22% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.22% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.22% in Jun
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.19% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.17% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinScarceUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun · 0.16% in Jun
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaSummer visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.16% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.16% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · records held back in Jun (protected)
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.10% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jun
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.08% in Jun
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.06% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.06% in Jun
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · records held back in Jun (protected)
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensScarceUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · records held back in Jun (protected)
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · records held back in Jun (protected)
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 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