Birds to See in Finland in April
169 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in April47
- Pied Wagtail
- Common Tern
- Chiffchaff
- Wood Sandpiper
- Song Thrush
- Greenshank
- Common Sandpiper
- Tree Pipit
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Ruff
- Curlew
- Redshank
- Hen Harrier
- Dunnock
- Blackcap
- House Martin
- Northern Shoveler
- Great White Egret
- Arctic Tern
- Little Gull
- Wheatear
- Green Sandpiper
- Osprey
- Arctic Loon
- Little Ringed Plover
- Whimbrel
- Horned Grebe
- Garganey
- Red-necked Grebe
- Arctic Jaeger
- Wryneck
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Jack Snipe
- Peregrine Falcon
- Short-eared Owl
- Spotted Crake
- Ring Ouzel
- Black Redstart
- Savi's Warbler
- Firecrest
- Hoopoe
- Mandarin Duck
- Black-necked Grebe
- Bar-headed Goose
- Red-crested Pochard
- Avocet
Leaving after last month6
Residents
(32)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Recorded all year
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Summer visitors
(93)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Mar–Dec
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Mar–Nov
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Mar–Dec
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Recorded all year
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Apr–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(30)Present outside the breeding season
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Parrot Crossbill
Loxia pytyopsittacusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Passage migrants
(13)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–May
Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
King Eider
Somateria spectabilisLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Apr–May
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Red-breasted Goose
Branta ruficollisVU
Regularly Oct–May
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Cackling Goose
Branta hutchinsiiLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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