Birds to See in Wexford in May
125 bird species on our list for Wexford are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Hooded Crow and European Herring Gull. New this month: Common Redpoll, Black Guillemot, Cuckoo and Spotted Flycatcher and 3 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Wexford’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 125 birds in May
125 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.61% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.92% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.40% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.18% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.12% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.01% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.95% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.95% in May
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.91% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.91% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.90% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.89% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.60% in May
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in May
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in May
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in May
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.52% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.49% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in May
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in May
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in May
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.34% in May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.32% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in May
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.30% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.26% in May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentCommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in May
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.26% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.25% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.20% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.20% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiScarceUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.15% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.15% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.14% in May
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.09% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.08% in May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.06% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in May
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.05% in May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.03% 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