Birds to See in Waterford in April
43 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
43 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: Mallard, Sandwich Tern and Common Pheasant.
New in April3
Leaving after last month23
Residents
(30)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Summer visitors
(11)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Winter visitors
(2)Present outside the breeding season
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