Birds to See in Dundee in May
49 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
Residents
(32)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly May
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jan–May
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Summer visitors
(9)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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