Birds to See in Scottish Borders in June
107 bird species on our list for Scottish Borders are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Jackdaw, Chaffinch and Chiffchaff. New this month: Red Crossbill, Barn Owl, Lesser Whitethroat and Whinchat and 1 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Scottish Borders’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
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.93% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.69% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.61% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.43% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.65% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.56% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.53% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.48% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.43% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.42% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.32% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.21% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.21% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.18% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.11% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.08% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.94% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.80% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.70% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.70% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.60% in Jun
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.57% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.45% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.43% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.41% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.33% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.32% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.29% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.27% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.21% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.19% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.19% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.14% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jun
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · records held back in Jun (protected)
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.13% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.11% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · records held back in Jun (protected)
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun · 0.10% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.10% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.10% in Jun
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaSummer visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.10% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.08% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.08% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.08% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.06% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · records held back in Jun (protected)
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · records held back in Jun (protected)
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · records held back in Jun (protected)
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusScarceUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · records held back in Jun (protected)
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · records held back in Jun (protected)
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–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