Birds to See in Bridgend in May
79 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
79 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.
New in May8
Residents
(49)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly May
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Jan–Jun
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly May–Jun
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Jan–May
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Summer visitors
(13)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Winter visitors
(11)Present outside the breeding season
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Dec–Jun
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly May
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–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