Birds to See in Offaly in May
60 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
60 bird species on our list for Offaly are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, European Robin and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Greylag Goose, Whitethroat, Cuckoo and Common Swift and 6 more.
Residents
(40)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly May–Mar
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly May
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Summer visitors
(14)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Winter visitors
(2)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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