Birds to See in Kilkenny in April
22 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
22 bird species on our list for Kilkenny are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Jackdaw, Rook, Blue Tit and Woodpigeon. New this month: Eurasian Wren, Chaffinch, Great Tit and Pied Wagtail and 3 more.
Residents
(8)Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Summer visitors
(14)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
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