Birds to See in Clackmannanshire in May
87 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
87 bird species on our list for Clackmannanshire are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Eurasian Wren and Carrion Crow. New this month: Common Swift, Cuckoo, Common Reed-warbler and Garden Warbler and 1 more.
Residents
(39)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly May
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Summer visitors
(15)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Jan–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Winter visitors
(24)Present outside the breeding season
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Aug–May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(9)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly May
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly May
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jan–Jun
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–May
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
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