Birds to See in Monaghan in May
23 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
23 bird species on our list for Monaghan are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Song Thrush, Woodpigeon, Barn Swallow and Mallard. New this month: Barn Swallow, Blackbird, Hooded Crow and European Robin and 19 more.
Fewer birdwatchers' records come from Monaghan than from better-watched areas, so this list is less complete. For a fuller picture, see the list for Ulster.
New in May23
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Residents
(18)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Jan–Jun
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Jun
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly May–Sep
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly May
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly May
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Jan–May
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly May–Jun
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly May–Jun
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly May
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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