Birds to See in Dublin in April
123 bird species on our list for Dublin are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Hooded Crow, Blackbird and Magpie. New this month: Barn Swallow, Common Tern, House Martin and Arctic Tern and 10 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Dublin’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 123 birds in April
123 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.50% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.20% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.91% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.82% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.79% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.91% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.18% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.83% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.79% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.77% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.69% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.56% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.21% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.05% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.03% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentRare60–66 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentRare37–42 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.03% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisScarceRare76–110 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% 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