Birds to See in South Ayrshire in June
91 bird species on our list for South Ayrshire are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Rook, European Herring Gull and Blackbird. New this month: Black-headed Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Red Knot and Arctic Tern and 1 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
From South 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 91 birds in June
91 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 9.76% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 9.43% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 9.22% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 9.12% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 7.89% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 7.84% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 5.38% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.66% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.62% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 3.95% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.56% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.91% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.91% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.85% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.67% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.38% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.37% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.31% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.24% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.22% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.19% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.05% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.02% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentRare45–50 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.02% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorRare34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · records held back in Jun (protected)
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.01% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentRare43–54 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentRare58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · records held back in Jun (protected)
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Greater ScaupAythya marilaScarceRare39–56 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