Birds to See in Monmouthshire in May
90 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
90 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.
Residents
(52)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Sep–Jul
Red Grouse
Lagopus scoticaLC
Regularly May–Jun
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Summer visitors
(27)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Jul
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly May–Jul
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Feb–Oct
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly May–Jun
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly May
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Jun
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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