Birds to See in Conwy in May
119 bird species on our list for Conwy are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Jackdaw and European Herring Gull. New this month: Common Swift, Tawny Owl, Bar-tailed Godwit and Wood Warbler and 5 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Conwy’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 119 birds in May
119 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.55% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.46% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.05% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.72% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.64% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.62% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.48% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.45% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.09% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.96% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.79% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.79% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.66% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.63% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.63% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.62% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.60% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.59% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.52% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.50% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.49% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.45% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.45% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.45% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.45% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.43% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.39% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.37% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.37% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.29% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.27% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.26% in May
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.24% in May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.22% in May
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.22% in May
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.20% in May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.20% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.20% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.20% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.19% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.19% in May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.17% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.17% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.16% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.16% in May
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.13% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in May (protected)
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.11% in May
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May · 0.10% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.10% in May
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.09% in May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.07% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.07% in May
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May · 0.06% in May
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–May · 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