Birds to See in Dundee in May
49 bird species on our list for Dundee are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon and Rock Dove. New this month: Common Swift, Common Merganser, Whitethroat and Linnet and 3 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Dundee’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 49 birds in May
49 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 5.70% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 5.50% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 5.44% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.37% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 5.03% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 4.36% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.30% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.30% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 4.16% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 4.09% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.56% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.82% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.68% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 2.35% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.68% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in May
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.54% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.41% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.28% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 1.07% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.87% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.81% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.81% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaScarceCommon58–67 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.74% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.74% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.67% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.60% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.60% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.60% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May · 0.47% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.47% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.40% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.40% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.40% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.40% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRegularly May · 0.34% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May · 0.34% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.27% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.27% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.20% 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