Birds to See in Roscommon in April
43 bird species on our list for Roscommon are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Chaffinch, Eurasian Wren, Willow Warbler, Blackbird and Blackcap. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Willow Warbler and Great Cormorant and 18 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Roscommon’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 43 birds in April
43 birds
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 4.08% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 3.57% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 3.57% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaSummer visitorCommon24–25 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 3.32% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 3.32% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 3.06% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 3.06% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.81% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.55% in Apr
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorCommonRegularly Jan–Oct · 2.55% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 2.55% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.30% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 2.30% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.30% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 2.30% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 2.04% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.04% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.79% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–May · 1.79% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.79% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.53% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.53% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.53% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 1.53% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.53% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 1.28% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.28% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr · 1.28% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.28% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 1.28% in Apr
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorCommon44–46 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.28% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.28% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 1.02% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.02% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.02% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 1.02% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.02% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.02% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.02% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.02% in Apr
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.77% 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