Birds to See in Wexford in May
125 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
Residents
(79)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Jan–Jun
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Dec–May
Summer visitors
(28)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Dec–Oct
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Recorded all year
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly Apr–Jul
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougalliiLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Winter visitors
(11)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Jul–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Jun
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly May–Jun
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Scarce visitors
(1)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