Birds to See in Estonia in April
173 bird species on our list for Estonia are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Chaffinch, Hooded Crow, Black-headed Gull, Pied Wagtail and Common Gull. New this month: Barn Swallow, Common Tern, Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler and 55 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Estonia’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 173 birds in April
173 birds
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.12% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.68% in Apr
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 1.66% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.53% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.52% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.51% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.45% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.38% in Apr
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.34% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.33% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.27% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.10% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.10% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.01% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.00% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.98% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.98% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.93% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.93% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.87% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.87% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.84% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.82% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.80% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.77% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.77% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.74% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.71% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.70% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.70% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.68% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.65% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.62% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.61% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.60% in Apr
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.59% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.58% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Apr
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.54% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.51% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.51% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.51% in Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.49% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.47% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.44% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.44% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.39% in Apr
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantCommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.38% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.37% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.35% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.34% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.31% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.30% in Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.29% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.28% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.28% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.25% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.25% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.19% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.17% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.16% in Apr
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.16% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantCommon41–52 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantUncommon60–87 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.09% in Apr
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.06% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.04% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.04% in Apr
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantRare60–75 cmRegularly Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.04% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.04% in Apr
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.02% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantRare60–66 cmRegularly Apr · 0.02% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.02% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
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