Birds to See in Newport in May
103 bird species on our list for Newport are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Mallard, Canada Goose and Magpie. New this month: Little Stint, Red Knot, Hobby and Garganey and 2 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Newport’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 103 birds in May
103 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.53% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.01% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.01% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.99% in May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.92% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.49% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.40% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.31% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 1.17% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in May
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.02% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.00% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.95% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.93% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.91% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.90% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.81% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.77% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.70% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.70% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorCommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.54% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.43% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.32% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.27% in May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.23% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.22% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.22% in May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.20% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.20% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.18% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.16% in May
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.14% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in May
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.11% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in May
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.05% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.05% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in May
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 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