Birds to See in Anglesey in May
128 bird species on our list for Anglesey are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Blackbird. New this month: Roseate Tern, Ruff, Sanderling and Garden Warbler and 4 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Anglesey’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 128 birds in May
128 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.70% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.62% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.57% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.46% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.41% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in May
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.24% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.22% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in May
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in May
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.03% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in May
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in May
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in May
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.91% in May
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.90% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.80% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.79% in May
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.76% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.71% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in May
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.70% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.69% in May
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.67% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.57% in May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.55% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.53% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.48% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.48% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in May
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.29% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.28% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.25% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.24% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.23% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.21% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.16% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.12% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in May (protected)
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.11% in May
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.10% in May
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.07% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in May
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.06% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.05% in May
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in May
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.03% in May
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.03% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.02% in May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 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