Birds to See in Louth in May
69 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
69 bird species on our list for Louth are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Hooded Crow and Jackdaw. New this month: Common Swift, Sedge Warbler, Mute Swan and Goldcrest and 1 more.
Residents
(49)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly May–Mar
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Nov–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Summer visitors
(11)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Winter visitors
(3)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Oct–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