Birds to See in Bridgend in May
80 bird species on our list for Bridgend are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Barn Swallow, European Herring Gull and Chiffchaff. New this month: Common Swift, Cuckoo, Great White Egret and Sedge Warbler and 4 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Bridgend’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 80 birds in May
80 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.57% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.11% in May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.79% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.66% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.47% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.47% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.24% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.02% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.83% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.69% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.65% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.60% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.42% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.19% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.15% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.10% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.87% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.87% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.82% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.82% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.82% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.82% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.73% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.73% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.73% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.69% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.69% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.60% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.55% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.55% in May
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.50% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.46% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.46% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.41% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May · 0.37% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in May
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May · 0.27% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.23% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.23% in May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.23% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.23% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · records held back in May (protected)
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.18% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.18% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.18% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in May
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