Birds to See in Perthshire and Kinross in May
119 bird species on our list for Perthshire and Kinross are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Blackbird, European Robin and Willow Warbler. New this month: Common Swift, Cuckoo, Spotted Flycatcher and Eurasian Woodcock and 9 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Perthshire and Kinross’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 119 birds in May
119 birds
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.69% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.74% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.42% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.37% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 2.05% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.74% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.45% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in May
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.41% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.19% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.88% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.85% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.84% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.81% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.79% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.76% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.75% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.61% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.54% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.53% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.47% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.42% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.41% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in May
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentCommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.36% in May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.34% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.25% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.24% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in May
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.23% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in May
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · records held back in May (protected)
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.21% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in May
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.18% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in May
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisScarceUncommon43–54 cmRegularly May · 0.15% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.14% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.14% in May
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.13% in May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.12% in May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.11% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May · 0.08% in May
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.08% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.07% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · records held back in May (protected)
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May · 0.05% in May
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in May
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRegularly May · 0.05% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.04% in May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in May
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · records held back in May (protected)
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