Birds to See in East Dunbartonshire in May
48 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
48 bird species on our list for East Dunbartonshire are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Woodpigeon, European Robin, Chaffinch and Carrion Crow. New this month: Lesser Black-backed Gull, Long-tailed Tit, Common Starling and Grey Heron and 14 more.
New in May18
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(31)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Feb–Jun
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–May
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Feb–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Sep–May
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Mar–May
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Feb–Jul
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly May–Oct
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Nov–May
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(5)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
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