Birds to See in Galway in April
128 bird species on our list for Galway are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Blackbird, Hooded Crow, European Robin and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Barn Swallow, Common Tern, House Martin and Whimbrel and 15 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Galway’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 128 birds in April
128 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.77% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.67% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.49% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.33% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.31% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.30% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.99% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.92% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.78% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.68% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.38% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.35% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.30% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.29% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.27% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.27% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.25% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.13% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.13% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.06% in Apr
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in Apr (protected)
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentRare37–42 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.03% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantUncommon22–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.02% 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