Birds to See in Laois in May
30 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
30 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 9 more.
Residents
(13)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly May–Jul
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Oct–May
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Oct–May
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Summer visitors
(11)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Aug
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
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