Birds to See in Clare in April
104 bird species on our list for Clare are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Rook, Hooded Crow, European Robin and Meadow Pipit. New this month: Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler, Cuckoo and House Martin and 12 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Clare’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 104 birds in April
104 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.55% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.02% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.88% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.64% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.47% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.45% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.17% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Apr
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.13% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.01% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.97% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.97% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.89% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.87% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.77% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.73% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.69% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.65% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.65% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.63% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.32% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.32% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.30% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.30% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.28% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.28% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.28% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.24% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.24% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.18% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.18% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.16% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantCommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · records held back in Apr (protected)
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.06% in Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · records held back in Apr (protected)
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