Birds to See in Carmarthenshire in May
102 bird species on our list for Carmarthenshire are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, European Robin, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Wren and Chiffchaff. New this month: Common Swift, Spotted Flycatcher, Common Sandpiper and Great White Egret and 7 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Carmarthenshire’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 102 birds in May
102 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.59% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.76% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.80% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.63% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.36% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.16% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.57% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.10% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.88% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.88% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.86% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.71% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.69% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.61% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.59% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.54% in May
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.54% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.49% in May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.49% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.47% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.44% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.44% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.39% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.32% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.27% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.27% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.27% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.25% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.22% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May · 0.22% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.22% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.17% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.17% in May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.15% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.12% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · records held back in May (protected)
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.10% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · records held back in May (protected)
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.07% in May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Jan–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