Birds to See in Wexford in April
130 bird species on our list for Wexford are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Hooded Crow, Great Cormorant, Blackbird and European Herring Gull. New this month: Barn Swallow, Sedge Warbler, Common Tern and Sand Martin and 21 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Wexford’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 130 birds in April
130 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.79% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.35% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.27% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.11% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.99% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.89% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.85% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.80% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.71% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.62% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentCommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.59% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.58% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.51% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.45% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.36% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.33% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.30% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.27% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.25% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Apr
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.19% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.18% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.16% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.16% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiScarceUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.15% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.14% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.11% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.09% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% 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