Birds to See in Powys in May
99 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.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Powys’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 99 birds in May
99 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.10% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.69% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.16% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.65% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.56% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.35% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.19% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.74% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.60% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.47% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 1.27% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.04% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.90% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.90% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.77% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.74% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.63% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.54% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.46% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.44% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.44% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.43% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.41% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.32% in May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.29% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.28% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.25% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorCommon30–36 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.24% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.22% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.19% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorCommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in May
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.16% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.16% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.12% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.10% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.10% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.10% in May
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.09% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.07% in May
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.07% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · records held back in May (protected)
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.04% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 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