Birds to See in North Ayrshire in June
96 bird species on our list for North Ayrshire are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon and Blackbird. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Eurasian Teal, Little Grebe and Common Swift and 1 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From North Ayrshire’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 96 birds in June
96 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.59% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.01% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.44% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 3.21% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.75% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.50% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.79% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.47% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.47% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.44% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.44% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.26% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.03% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.99% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.78% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.73% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.73% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.53% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.50% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.46% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.44% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.44% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.41% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.41% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.30% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.28% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.23% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.23% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.21% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · records held back in Jun (protected)
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.16% in Jun
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · records held back in Jun (protected)
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.14% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.11% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Jun
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.07% in Jun
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · records held back in Jun (protected)
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.07% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · records held back in Jun (protected)
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 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