Birds to See in Waterford in May
79 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
79 bird species on our list for Waterford are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Hooded Crow, Jackdaw, Eurasian Wren and Rook. New this month: Barn Swallow, Eurasian Oystercatcher, House Martin and Meadow Pipit and 33 more.
New in May37
- Barn Swallow
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- House Martin
- Meadow Pipit
- Northern Gannet
- Common Gull
- Red-billed Chough
- Common Raven
- Rock Pipit
- Common Swift
- Wheatear
- Ringed Plover
- Sand Martin
- Reed Bunting
- Fulmar
- Bullfinch
- Kestrel
- Mute Swan
- Kittiwake
- Whimbrel
- Willow Warbler
- Eurasian Skylark
- European Shag
- Long-tailed Tit
- Sedge Warbler
- Whitethroat
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Treecreeper
- Little Grebe
- Peregrine Falcon
- Common Reed-warbler
- Manx Shearwater
- Razorbill
- Sparrowhawk
- Water Rail
- Gadwall
- Stock Dove
Leaving after last month1
Residents
(38)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly May–Mar
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly May–Aug
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly May
Summer visitors
(24)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly May–Oct
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Sep
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly May–Oct
Winter visitors
(3)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly May
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly May
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
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