Birds to See in Donegal in April
73 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
73 bird species on our list for Donegal are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, European Robin, Eurasian Wren and Meadow Pipit. New this month: Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler, Wheatear and Goldcrest and 20 more.
New in April24
Residents
(34)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
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Summer visitors
(28)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Apr–Feb
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Jan–Oct
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Winter visitors
(7)Present outside the breeding season
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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