Birds to See in Finland in April
169 bird species on our list for Finland are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Chaffinch, Great Tit, Black-headed Gull and Common Gull. New this month: Pied Wagtail, Common Tern, Chiffchaff and Wood Sandpiper and 43 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
ChaffinchBusiest month of the year · All year
Black-headed GullBusiest month of the year · Mar–Dec
Common CraneBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Common StarlingBusiest month of the year · All year
Eurasian TealBusiest month of the year · All year
Eurasian OystercatcherBusiest month of the year · Mar–Aug
From Finland’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 169 birds in April
169 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Apr- ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Apr
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 2.96% in Apr- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.75% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 2.55% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.88% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.87% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Apr
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Apr- Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.48% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.45% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Apr- Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Apr
- Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.28% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.22% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.14% in Apr- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.10% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.04% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.98% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.97% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.97% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.91% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.89% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.77% in Apr
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.76% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.74% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.68% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
SmewMergellus albellusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.59% in Apr
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantCommon68–88 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.58% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.55% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.54% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.47% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.46% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.44% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.41% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.41% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.40% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.37% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.35% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.30% in Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.29% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusResidentUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.21% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusSummer visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.20% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Apr
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.09% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Apr
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Apr
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorRare23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.03% in Apr
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorUncommon60–87 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Apr
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantRare46–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.02% in Apr
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorRare9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisScarceRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantRare42–45 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantRare53–57 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantRare60–66 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.01% in Apr
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Apr
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.00% in Apr
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusSummer visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% 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