Birds to See in Waterford in April
47 bird species on our list for Waterford are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Eurasian Wren, European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow and European Robin. New this month: Cuckoo, Mallard, Sandwich Tern and Common Snipe and 2 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
Leaving soon
From Waterford’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 47 birds in April
47 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.68% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 4.61% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.61% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.46% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.83% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.69% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 3.05% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Apr
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.91% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.70% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.49% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.49% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.49% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 1.35% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.28% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.20% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.13% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.92% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.85% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.64% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.57% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.57% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantCommon41–52 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.50% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.43% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.35% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · records held back in Apr (protected)
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.21% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 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