Birds to See in Worcestershire in May
122 bird species on our list for Worcestershire are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, European Robin, Carrion Crow and Chiffchaff. New this month: Common Swift, Spotted Flycatcher, Ringed Plover and Wood Sandpiper and 3 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Worcestershire’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 122 birds in May
122 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.53% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.07% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.88% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.60% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.29% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.27% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.93% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.93% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.91% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.89% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.84% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.74% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.60% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.56% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.52% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in May
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.46% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.42% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.35% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.25% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.23% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.22% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in May (protected)
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in May
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.10% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.07% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.07% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.04% in May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorRare37–40 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.04% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.03% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentRare21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentRare18–20 cmRegularly May · 0.02% in May
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 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