Birds to See in Dumfries and Galloway in May
125 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
125 bird species on our list for Dumfries and Galloway are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Barn Swallow, Chaffinch, Carrion Crow and Willow Warbler. New this month: Common Swift, Cuckoo, Garden Warbler and Spotted Flycatcher and 12 more.
New in May16
Residents
(72)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly May–Feb
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Oct–May
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly May
Red Grouse
Lagopus scoticaLC
Regularly Jan–May
Red-legged Partridge
Alectoris rufaNT
Regularly May–Jan
Summer visitors
(28)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Aug
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly May–Sep
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Aug
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(15)Present outside the breeding season
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(10)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Jun
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly May
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly 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