Birds to See in Poland in May
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.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Poland’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 207 birds in May
207 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.21% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.08% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.89% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.75% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.73% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.39% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.35% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.33% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.17% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.16% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.10% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.07% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.05% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.04% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.01% in May
Common CraneGrus grusResidentCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.90% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.87% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.81% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.79% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.75% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.64% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.61% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in May
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.58% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in May
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.56% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in May
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.52% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in May
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.51% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.48% in May
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in May
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in May
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.43% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.42% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.40% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.40% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.39% in May
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.39% in May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.37% in May
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.36% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.36% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.31% in May
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in May
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.29% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.26% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.22% in May
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.22% in May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in May
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in May
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in May
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.08% in May
Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.05% in May
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in May
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in May
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorRare42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in May
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in May
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorRare23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in May
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in May
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorRare80–90 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in May
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in May
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorRare78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly May · 0.00% in May
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in May
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in May
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in May
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly May · 0.00% 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