Birds to See in Poland in April
201 bird species on our list for Poland are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Great Tit, Common Starling and Mallard. New this month: Barn Swallow, Cuckoo, House Martin and Whitethroat and 39 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Poland’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 201 birds in April
201 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.34% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.28% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.75% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.61% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.44% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.38% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.25% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.23% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.20% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.18% in Apr
Common CraneGrus grusResidentCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.72% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.72% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.69% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.64% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.58% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.53% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.52% in Apr
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.51% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.49% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.46% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.44% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.38% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.34% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.33% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.30% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.28% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.26% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.24% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.18% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.16% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.13% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorCommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.11% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorRare42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorRare23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.00% in Apr
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.00% in Apr
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorRare78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Apr
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Apr
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% 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