Birds to See in Poland in May
207 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
207 bird species on our list for Poland are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Common Starling, Woodpigeon, Blackcap and Barn Swallow. New this month: Common Swift, Red-backed Shrike, Golden Oriole and Common Rosefinch and 22 more.
New in May26
- Common Swift
- Red-backed Shrike
- Golden Oriole
- Common Rosefinch
- Marsh Warbler
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Grey Plover
- Garden Warbler
- Little Stint
- Corncrake
- Little Bittern
- Ruddy Turnstone
- European Honey-buzzard
- Temminck's Stint
- European Bee-eater
- Little Egret
- Arctic Jaeger
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Dotterel
- Squacco Heron
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Gull-billed Tern
- Muscovy Duck
- Swan Goose
Leaving after last month20
Residents
(73)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(98)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Sep
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Sep
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Corncrake
Crex crexLC
Regularly May–Jul
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Recorded all year
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly May–Sep
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly May–Sep
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Dec
Aquatic Warbler
Acrocephalus paludicolaVU
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Nov
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly May–Oct
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly May–Aug
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Wood Duck
Aix sponsaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Passage migrants
(10)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly May–Sep
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Dotterel
Eudromias morinellusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly May
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Regularly Nov–May
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly May–Nov
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Regularly 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