Birds to See in Denbighshire in May
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.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Denbighshire’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 100 birds in May
100 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.85% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.53% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.34% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 1.90% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.83% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.78% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.65% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.48% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 1.44% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 1.31% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.27% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.24% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.14% in May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.14% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.12% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 1.10% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.90% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.85% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.80% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.78% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.78% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.78% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.78% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.75% in May
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaSummer visitorCommon37–42 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.75% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.75% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.68% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.63% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly May · 0.63% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.63% in May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.61% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.61% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.61% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.58% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.56% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.54% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.54% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.54% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.51% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.49% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.46% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.46% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.46% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.44% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.41% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.39% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.39% in May
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.37% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.37% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.37% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.34% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.34% in May
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorCommon41–49 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.29% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.29% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.29% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.27% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.27% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.27% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.27% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.24% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentCommon37–43 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.17% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.15% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.15% in May
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.10% in May
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly May · 0.10% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.10% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly May · 0.07% 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