Birds to See in North Ayrshire in May
94 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
94 bird species on our list for North Ayrshire are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Blackbird, Willow Warbler, Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon. New this month: Cuckoo, Spotted Flycatcher, Fulmar and Atlantic Puffin and 1 more.
Residents
(57)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly May
Summer visitors
(20)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Apr–Nov
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Aug
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