Birds to See in Wales in June
162 bird species on our list for Wales are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon and Jackdaw. New this month: Arctic Jaeger, Eurasian Woodcock, Yellow-legged Gull and Wood Sandpiper and 2 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Wales’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 162 birds in June
162 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.39% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.45% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.25% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.19% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.04% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jun
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.75% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.52% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.46% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.45% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.43% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.32% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.25% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jun (protected)
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.16% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.13% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisRecords withheldRare46–61 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · records held back in Jun (protected)
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentRare44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantRare19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.00% in Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisScarceRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · records held back in Jun (protected)
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 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