Birds to See in Conwy in May
118 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
118 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.
New in May9
Residents
(68)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Apr–May
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly May–Nov
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Feb–Jul
Summer visitors
(24)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Jan–Nov
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Feb–Jul
Winter visitors
(12)Present outside the breeding season
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly May–Feb
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–May
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–May
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly May–Jun
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Aug
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly May
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly May
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
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