Birds to See in Clare in May
100 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
100 bird species on our list for Clare are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Rook, Blackbird, Hooded Crow, European Robin and Barn Swallow. New this month: Dunlin, Sanderling, Gadwall and Common Tern and 7 more.
New in May11
Residents
(56)Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly May–Jan
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Summer visitors
(26)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Recorded all year
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Recorded all year
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly Mar–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Recorded all year
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Sep
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly May–Sep
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly May–Jul
Winter visitors
(13)Present outside the breeding season
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Nov–May
Passage migrants
(5)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