The Birds of 2025 - June

At this stage, is there any point in saying much? It's year 6 of keeping count of all the beautiful birds I'm lucky enough to photograph, and I can't stop now! Last year, I surpassed my goal and photographed 101 species all within the North East of England alone. I'm not sure if I'll beat that impressive number in 2025, but I'm happy to try. Here is what I photographed in June!

Taken 3rd June - Whitburn Point Coastal Park
Chaffinch
Wood Pigeon
Linnet
Herring Gull
Cormorant
Dunlin
Ringed Plover
Whitethroat
Oystercatcher
Meadow Pipit

Taken 4th June - At Home
Blackbird
Blue Tit

Taken 5th June - At Home
Great Tit (Juvenile)
Goldfinch
Blue Tit
Rock Dove
Starling

Taken 7th June - At Home
Rock Dove

Taken 8th June - At Marsden Bay
Meadow Pipit
Carrion Crow
Linnet
Oystercatcher
Sand Martin
Fulmer
Razorbill
Cormorant
Rock Dove
Kittiewake
Herring Gull

Taken 9th June - At Home
Blue Tit

Taken 10th June - At My Parents' & Chain Bridge
Swift
House Martin
Little Egret
Chaffinch

Taken 11th June - At Home
Rock Dove

Taken 15th June - At Home
Goldfinch (Juvenile)
House Sparrow

Taken 16th June - At Home
Ring-necked Parakeet
Canada Geese
Long Tailed Tit (Juvenile) 

Taken 19th June - At Home
Starling

Taken 20th June - At Home
Swift

Taken 21st June - At Home
Blackbird

House Sparrow

Taken 23rd June - Around Stranraer
Oystercatcher
Pied Wagtail
Gannet
Blackbird
Chaffinch
Swallow (Juvenile) 

Taken 24th June - Wigtown
Starling
Collared Dove

Taken 26th June - At Home
Ring-Necked Parakeet

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It was a successful month, bird-wise! 12 new species photographed, and I'm only 1 off hitting 70. This is all without visiting any WWT or RSPB sites since February, and travelling only within my own county and a day visit to the Dumfries and Galloway area.
To see more bird photos not included in this post but from this month, see these blog posts - 
Our (Not So) Secret Beach
World Ocean Day at Marsden Bay

Annual Total - 

Blackbird
Black Headed Gull
Blue Tit
Bullfinch
Canada Goose
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Common Pochard

Coot
Cormorant

Curlew
Dunlin

Dunnock
Eider
Fulmer
Gadwall
Gannet

Goldeneye

Goldfinch

Great Tit
Great Spotted Woodpecker

Greenfinch
Greylag Goose
Grey Heron

Herring Gull
House Martin

House Sparrow
Jackdaw

Kestrel
Kittiewake

Lapwing
Linnet
Little Egret

Long Tailed Tit

Magpie
Mallard
Meadow Pipit

Mute Swan

Nuthatch
Oystercatcher
Pink-footed Goose

Phesant
Pied Wagtail
Razorbill

Reed Bunting
Redshank
Ringed Plover
Ring-Necked Parakeet

Robin

Rock Dove
Rook
Sand Martin
Sandwich Tern

Shelduck

Shoveler

Song Thrush

Sparrowhawk

Starling

Stock Dove

Stonechat
Swallow
Swift

Tufted Duck

Whitethroat

Wigeon

Wood Pigeon
Wren

Total - 69

Monthly (New Spotting) Total
January - 29
February - 11
March - 6
April - 7 
May - 4
June - 12