Birds to See in Cork in April
116 bird species on our list for Cork are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Hooded Crow, Jackdaw and European Robin. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Willow Warbler and Whitethroat and 8 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Cork’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 116 birds in April
116 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.54% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.05% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.55% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.27% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.21% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.93% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.75% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.70% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.59% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.37% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.27% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.26% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.25% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.22% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.20% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.20% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.14% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.07% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.03% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% 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