Birds to See in Mayo in April
91 bird species on our list for Mayo are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Hooded Crow, Blackbird, Eurasian Wren and Jackdaw. New this month: Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler, Northern Gannet and House Martin and 19 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
From Mayo’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 91 birds in April
91 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.87% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.69% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.34% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.31% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.24% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.87% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.33% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.27% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.99% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.94% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.94% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.81% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.75% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.70% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.68% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.65% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.62% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.60% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.47% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.44% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.42% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.34% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.34% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.34% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.31% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.31% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.29% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.29% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.26% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.26% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.26% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.23% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.18% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.18% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.16% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.13% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
American Black DuckAnas rubripesPassage migrantUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr · 0.10% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaScarceUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · records held back in Apr (protected)
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