Birds to See in Perthshire and Kinross in June
113 bird species on our list for Perthshire and Kinross are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Barn Swallow and European Robin. New this month: Great Black-backed Gull, Barnacle Goose, European Green Woodpecker and Merlin and 1 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Perthshire and Kinross’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 113 birds in June
113 birds
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.64% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 2.19% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.19% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.83% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.64% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.42% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.40% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.10% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.10% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.97% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.89% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.85% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.84% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.67% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.54% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.48% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.46% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.44% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.41% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.41% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.38% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.37% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.34% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.33% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.32% in Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.31% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.30% in Jun
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentCommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.15% in Jun
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.14% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.11% in Jun
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.10% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.10% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.10% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.08% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · records held back in Jun (protected)
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Jun
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.06% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentRare17–19 cmRegularly Jun · 0.05% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Feb–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