Birds to See in North Lanarkshire in May
55 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
55 bird species on our list for North Lanarkshire are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie, Carrion Crow and Jackdaw. New this month: Common Swift, Whitethroat, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Eurasian Jay and 8 more.
New in May12
Residents
(36)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly May
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Feb–Jul
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly May–Nov
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Jan–Jun
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly May
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly May–Jun
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly May–Sep
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Summer visitors
(10)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Jul
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(5)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