Birds to See in Laois in May
35 bird species on our list for Laois are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Rook, Hooded Crow, Woodpigeon and Barn Swallow. New this month: Jackdaw, Magpie, Common Starling and Pied Wagtail and 11 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Laois’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 35 birds in May
35 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 5.34% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 5.13% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 4.70% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 4.70% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 4.49% in May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 4.49% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 4.49% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 4.27% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 3.63% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.63% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 3.21% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 2.78% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 2.78% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Jul · 2.78% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.56% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 2.35% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.14% in May
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorCommon44–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.14% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.92% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.92% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.50% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.50% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.50% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.28% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.28% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.28% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.07% in May
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.07% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.85% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.85% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusScarceCommon28–31 cmRegularly May · 0.85% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · records held back in May (protected)
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.64% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusScarceCommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.64% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.64% in May
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