Birds to See in Newport in May
102 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
102 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.
Residents
(58)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly May–Jun
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Summer visitors
(19)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Winter visitors
(14)Present outside the breeding season
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Passage migrants
(11)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Sep
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Feb–Sep
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–May
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
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