Birds to See in Leinster in April
156 bird species on our list for Leinster are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Hooded Crow, European Herring Gull and European Robin. 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 Leinster’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 156 birds in April
156 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.58% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.90% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.50% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.21% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.82% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.72% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.68% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.14% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentRare80–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.05% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiScarceRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.04% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Apr
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentRare37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.03% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentRare35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantRare80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantRare58–77 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · records held back in Apr (protected)
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRegularly Aug–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