Birds to See in Monmouthshire in June
87 species listed for June · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
87 bird species on our list for Monmouthshire are recorded regularly in June. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Common Kingfisher, Eurasian Woodcock and Nightjar.
New in June3
Leaving after last month6
Residents
(51)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Sep–Jul
Red Grouse
Lagopus scoticaLC
Regularly May–Jun
Summer visitors
(27)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Jul
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly May–Jul
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Feb–Oct
Winter visitors
(3)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Jun
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly Jun–Jul
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Jun
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly May–Jun
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