Birds to See in Denbighshire in May
100 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
100 bird species on our list for Denbighshire are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Robin and Chiffchaff. New this month: Little Tern, Common Gull, Sanderling and Common Swift and 9 more.
Residents
(47)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Dec–Sep
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Jan–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly May
Summer visitors
(40)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Feb–Jul
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Red Grouse
Lagopus scoticaLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly May–Jul
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Feb–Jul
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Winter visitors
(5)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–May
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–May
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly May–Jun
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Aug
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Aug
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly 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