Birds to See in Warwickshire in May
113 bird species on our list for Warwickshire are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Robin and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Spotted Flycatcher, Mandarin Duck, Wood Sandpiper and Black Tern and 3 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Warwickshire’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 113 birds in May
113 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.28% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 2.25% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.82% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.82% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.21% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.11% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.99% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.95% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.93% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.93% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.92% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.82% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.77% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.66% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.63% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in May
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.52% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.40% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in May
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.10% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in May
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in May (protected)
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in May
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.04% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.03% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in May
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.02% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly May · 0.02% in May
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.02% in May
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% 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