Birds to See in Neath Port Talbot in May
57 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
57 bird species on our list for Neath Port Talbot are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, European Robin, Blue Tit, Song Thrush and Chiffchaff. New this month: House Sparrow, Long-tailed Tit, Great Black-backed Gull and Whitethroat and 13 more.
New in May17
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(25)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Feb–May
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly May
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly May–Dec
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Dec–May
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Apr–May
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(19)Present outside the breeding season
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Dec–May
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Dec–May
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly May
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–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