Birds to See in Powys in May
97 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
97 bird species on our list for Powys are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, European Robin, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff and Carrion Crow. New this month: Common Swift, Spotted Flycatcher, Wood Warbler and Whinchat and 2 more.
Residents
(54)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Jun
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Jan–May
Summer visitors
(35)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Aug
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly May–Jul
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Apr–Jul
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Sep
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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