Birds to See in Cardiff in June
72 species listed for June · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
72 bird species on our list for Cardiff are recorded regularly in June. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Magpie, House Sparrow and Lesser Black-backed Gull. New this month: Eurasian Oystercatcher, Sedge Warbler and Red Kite.
New in June3
Leaving after last month8
Residents
(54)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(10)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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