Birds to See in Wicklow in May
123 bird species on our list for Wicklow are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, European Robin, Hooded Crow, Woodpigeon and Chaffinch. New this month: Spotted Flycatcher, Rock Pipit, Gadwall and Ruff and 8 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Wicklow’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 123 birds in May
123 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.66% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.15% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.89% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.89% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.31% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.25% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.98% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.97% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.87% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.85% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.75% in May
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.64% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.51% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.50% in May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in May
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.40% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in May
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.25% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.25% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.25% in May
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.22% in May
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.20% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.19% in May
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.16% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.12% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in May
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.11% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.10% in May
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.09% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.07% in May
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in May
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.06% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May · 0.06% in May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.05% in May
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.05% in May
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in May
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.04% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · records held back in May (protected)
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May · 0.03% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.03% in May
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in May
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.02% in May
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% 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