Birds to See in Sligo in May
58 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
58 bird species on our list for Sligo are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Eurasian Wren, European Robin, Jackdaw and Hooded Crow. New this month: Hooded Crow, Barn Swallow, Rook and Great Black-backed Gull and 39 more.
New in May43
- Hooded Crow
- Barn Swallow
- Rook
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Jackdaw
- Great Cormorant
- Willow Warbler
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Mallard
- Woodpigeon
- Grey Heron
- Common Starling
- Chaffinch
- Linnet
- Northern Gannet
- Blackcap
- Magpie
- House Martin
- Blue Tit
- Stonechat
- House Sparrow
- Dunnock
- Great Tit
- Goldcrest
- Kittiwake
- Coal Tit
- Common Swift
- Buzzard
- Cuckoo
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Chiffchaff
- Sedge Warbler
- Long-tailed Tit
- Eurasian Siskin
- Greenfinch
- Whitethroat
- Bullfinch
- Grey Wagtail
- Common Pheasant
- Common Redpoll
- Peregrine Falcon
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Common Snipe
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(30)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly May–Mar
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly May–Mar
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly May–Mar
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly May–Mar
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly May
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Feb–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Jan–May
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Oct–May
Summer visitors
(13)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly May–Dec
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Sep
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Dec
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Winter visitors
(6)Present outside the breeding season
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly May–Mar
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–May
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly May–Mar
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Dec–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Passage migrants
(5)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Scarce visitors
(4)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