Birds to See in Monmouthshire in May
94 bird species on our list for Monmouthshire are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, European Robin, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Common Swift, Spotted Flycatcher, European Pied Flycatcher and Wood Warbler and 5 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Monmouthshire’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 94 birds in May
94 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.47% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.17% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.17% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.04% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 3.34% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.84% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 2.64% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.60% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 2.37% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.57% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.40% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.37% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.17% in May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.00% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 1.00% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.93% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.83% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.77% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.67% in May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.67% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.67% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.63% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.60% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.57% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.57% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.57% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.53% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.53% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.50% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.50% in May
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.47% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.47% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May · 0.47% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.43% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.43% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.43% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.40% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.37% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.33% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.33% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.33% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.27% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.27% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.27% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.27% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.23% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.23% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.23% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.23% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.23% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.20% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.20% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.17% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.17% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.10% in May
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaScarceUncommon9–10 cmRegularly May · 0.10% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · records held back in May (protected)
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · records held back in May (protected)
Water RailRallus aquaticusScarceUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · records held back in May (protected)
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoScarceUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · records held back in May (protected)
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