Birds to See in Antrim in May
117 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
117 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.
New in May11
Residents
(61)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Recorded all year
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Summer visitors
(35)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Recorded all year
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly Mar–Aug
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Jul
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Great Skua
Stercorarius skuaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Winter visitors
(11)Present outside the breeding season
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–May
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(10)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly May–Dec
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–May
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly May
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Mar–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