Birds to See in Estonia in April
173 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in April59
- Barn Swallow
- Common Tern
- Chiffchaff
- Willow Warbler
- House Martin
- Dunlin
- Blackcap
- Arctic Tern
- Yellow Wagtail
- Wheatear
- Wood Sandpiper
- Greenshank
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Tree Pipit
- Sandwich Tern
- Ruff
- Common Sandpiper
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Wood Warbler
- Northern Shoveler
- Brambling
- Whinchat
- Razorbill
- Little Gull
- Hobby
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Common Redstart
- Spotted Redshank
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Black Redstart
- Whimbrel
- Merlin
- Little Ringed Plover
- Montagu's Harrier
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Little Tern
- Garganey
- Wryneck
- Avocet
- Savi's Warbler
- Osprey
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Jack Snipe
- Bearded Tit
- Arctic Jaeger
- Horned Grebe
- Serin
- Dipper
- Rock Pipit
- Moorhen
- Water Rail
- Little Grebe
- Long-eared Owl
- Lapland Longspur
- Red-breasted Goose
- Short-eared Owl
- Pink-footed Goose
- Red Kite
- Hoopoe
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(92)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Apr–Aug
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Sep–May
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Jul–May
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(29)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Parrot Crossbill
Loxia pytyopsittacusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Apr
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Mar–May
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Red-breasted Goose
Branta ruficollisVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Apr
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Feb–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Feb–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