Birds to See in Flintshire in May
87 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
87 bird species on our list for Flintshire are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Chiffchaff, Carrion Crow and European Robin. New this month: Northern Lapwing, Grey Heron, Common Swift and Moorhen and 22 more.
New in May26
- Northern Lapwing
- Grey Heron
- Common Swift
- Moorhen
- Rook
- Tufted Duck
- Little Grebe
- Cuckoo
- Garden Warbler
- Greylag Goose
- Rock Dove
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Grey Wagtail
- Red Crossbill
- Gadwall
- Reed Bunting
- Sand Martin
- Red Kite
- Wood Warbler
- Avocet
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Common Reed-warbler
- Yellowhammer
- European Green Woodpecker
- Hobby
- Whinchat
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(55)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly May
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly May–Mar
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly May
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly May–Jul
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly May–Feb
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly May–Dec
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly May
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(13)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Winter visitors
(5)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly May
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly May–Jun
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–May
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–May
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Aug
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
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