Birds to See in Armagh in May
63 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
63 bird species on our list for Armagh are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Barn Swallow, Chaffinch, Blackbird and European Robin. New this month: Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Common Tern and Sand Martin and 13 more.
Residents
(40)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Nov–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly May
Summer visitors
(16)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Aug
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Nov–Aug
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Winter visitors
(6)Present outside the breeding season
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Jul–May
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly May–Feb
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly May–Feb
Passage migrants
(1)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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