Birds to See in Ireland in April
170 bird species on our list for Ireland are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Hooded Crow, Woodpigeon, European Robin and European Herring Gull. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Common Tern and Sedge Warbler and 18 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Ireland’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 170 birds in April
170 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.88% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.56% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.35% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.87% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.74% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.59% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.43% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.29% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.22% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.20% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.14% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiScarceRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentRare80–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.03% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentRare37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorRare80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentRare66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorRare58–77 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentRare35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorRare54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorRare22–30 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
American Black DuckAnas rubripesPassage migrantRare54–59 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.00% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 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