Birds to See in Pembrokeshire in May
127 bird species on our list for Pembrokeshire are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, European Herring Gull, Blackbird, Chiffchaff and Jackdaw. New this month: Common Gull, Little Grebe, Spotted Flycatcher and Western Marsh-harrier and 6 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Pembrokeshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 127 birds in May
127 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.32% in May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.11% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.02% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in May
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in May
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.72% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.65% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.58% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in May
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.47% in May
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.44% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in May
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in May
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.20% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in May
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.15% in May
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 1.00% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.93% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.88% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.78% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.77% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.72% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.70% in May
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.69% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.32% in May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.30% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.26% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.25% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.25% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.23% in May
CootFulica atraSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.22% in May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in May
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in May
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.17% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in May
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.12% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May · 0.12% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in May
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.10% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.08% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.08% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.08% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.08% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.06% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.05% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.05% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly May · 0.05% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.04% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.03% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in May
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.03% in May
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 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