Birds to See in Lincolnshire in May
168 bird species on our list for Lincolnshire are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Mallard and European Robin. New this month: Common Swift, Curlew Sandpiper, Northern Gannet and Whinchat and 9 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Lincolnshire’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 168 birds in May
168 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.93% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.65% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.61% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.57% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.31% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.30% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.17% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.92% in May
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.88% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.88% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.85% in May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.71% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.66% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
Brent GooseBranta berniclaResidentCommon55–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in May
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.49% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.47% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.36% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in May
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in May
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.23% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.20% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.18% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in May
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.16% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in May
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in May (protected)
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in May
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.11% in May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in May
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.03% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · records held back in May (protected)
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · records held back in May (protected)
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly May · 0.02% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in May
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.02% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in May
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.02% in May
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.02% in May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in May
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in May
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentRare9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentRare12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May · 0.01% in May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in May
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorRare52–68 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in May
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in May
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantRare58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · records held back in May (protected)
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