Birds to See in Antrim in May
119 bird species on our list for Antrim are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, Blackbird, Eurasian Wren and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Common Swift, Spotted Flycatcher, Common Tern and Great Crested Grebe and 7 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Antrim’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 119 birds in May
119 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.68% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.76% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in May
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.54% in May
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in May
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.50% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in May
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.38% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.35% in May
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in May
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.29% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.27% in May
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.22% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.20% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.11% in May
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.05% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in May
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.91% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.81% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in May
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.70% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.68% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.66% in May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.61% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in May
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.54% in May
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.53% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.50% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.50% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.49% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.29% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.28% in May
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.27% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in May (protected)
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.19% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.16% in May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.15% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.14% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.13% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.13% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in May
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.08% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.08% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.08% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.07% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.07% in May
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in May
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.07% in May
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May · 0.06% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May · 0.05% in May
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · records held back in May (protected)
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.04% in May
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in May
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% 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