Birds to See in Wicklow in April
120 bird species on our list for Wicklow are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Woodpigeon, European Robin, Hooded Crow and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Common Swift and Little Tern and 16 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Wicklow’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 120 birds in April
120 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.07% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.95% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.79% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.65% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.27% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.03% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.99% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.69% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.55% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.51% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.47% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.43% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.34% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.16% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.12% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.11% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.10% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.09% in Apr
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.07% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.07% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.07% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Apr
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.06% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · records held back in Apr (protected)
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.04% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr · 0.02% 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