Birds to See in Glasgow in May
71 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
71 bird species on our list for Glasgow are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Carrion Crow. New this month: Common Swift, Northern Lapwing, Whitethroat and Great Black-backed Gull and 3 more.
Residents
(52)Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Jul–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly May–Oct
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Feb–May
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly May–Sep
Summer visitors
(17)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Jul
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Winter visitors
(1)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(1)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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