Birds to See in Leitrim in May
27 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
27 bird species on our list for Leitrim are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Eurasian Wren, European Robin, Woodpigeon and Willow Warbler. New this month: Great Cormorant, Little Grebe, Tufted Duck and Moorhen and 7 more.
Residents
(16)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Feb–Jun
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly May–Jun
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Jan–Jun
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly Jan–Jun
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Jun
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Scarce visitors
(2)Recorded in some years but not every year
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