Birds to See in Orkney Islands in June
107 bird species on our list for Orkney Islands are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Oystercatcher, Black-headed Gull, Common Starling, Curlew and European Herring Gull. New this month: Grey Heron, Manx Shearwater, Red-backed Shrike and European Storm-petrel and 2 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Orkney Islands’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 107 birds in June
107 birds
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 4.28% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.84% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.47% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.41% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.37% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.07% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.03% in Jun
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.99% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.80% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.67% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.60% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.50% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.43% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.16% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaSummer visitorCommon24–25 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.14% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.10% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.05% in Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorCommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.04% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.96% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.88% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.87% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.84% in Jun
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.83% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.83% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.82% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.73% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.72% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.66% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.66% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.63% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.55% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.55% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.54% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.51% in Jun
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.49% in Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorCommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.47% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.43% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.38% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.34% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.27% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.24% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.23% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.23% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.22% in Jun
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.22% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.18% in Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.18% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.17% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.17% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Jun
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.15% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.12% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.10% in Jun
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jun
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaSummer visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · records held back in Jun (protected)
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentCommon58–77 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · records held back in Jun (protected)
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Little AukAlle alleScarceUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Apr–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