Birds to See in Ceredigion in May
125 bird species on our list for Ceredigion are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, European Robin, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch and Barn Swallow. New this month: Common Swift, Spotted Flycatcher, Common Snipe and Sanderling and 5 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
WhitethroatBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Eurasian SkylarkBusiest month of the year · Jan–Jul
European Pied FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Apr–Jun
Sedge WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Aug
Common RedstartBusiest month of the year · Apr–Aug
Garden WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Jul
From Ceredigion’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 125 birds in May
125 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.53% in May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.00% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.00% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.70% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.60% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in May- WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.24% in May
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.22% in May
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 1.19% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.91% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.91% in May- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.91% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.89% in May- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.87% in May
- Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.87% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.80% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.74% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.65% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in May
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.62% in May
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.60% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.54% in May
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.53% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.48% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.48% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.45% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.38% in May
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.33% in May
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in May
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.28% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.27% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.26% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.24% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.24% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentUncommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in May
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.18% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.17% in May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.16% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.16% in May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in May
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.13% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.13% in May
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.13% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.11% in May
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · records held back in May (protected)
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May · 0.10% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in May (protected)
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.09% in May
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.09% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.09% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May · 0.09% in May
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in May
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in May
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in May
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in May
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in May
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.04% 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