Birds to See in Stockton-on-Tees in May
103 bird species on our list for Stockton-on-Tees are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Canada Goose and Carrion Crow. New this month: Common Tern, Common Swift, Ruff and Greenshank and 7 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Stockton-on-Tees’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 103 birds in May
103 birds
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.83% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.78% in May
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.68% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.65% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.65% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.46% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.38% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.33% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.25% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.25% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.16% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.14% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.11% in May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeResidentCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.83% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.82% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in May
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.52% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.52% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in May
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.39% in May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.39% in May
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.34% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.30% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.25% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.15% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.15% in May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.15% in May
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.14% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in May (protected)
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.09% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.08% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May · 0.08% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.08% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.06% in May
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in May
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.05% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in May
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisScarceUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 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