Birds to See in East Riding of Yorkshire in April
178 bird species on our list for East Riding of Yorkshire are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, European Herring Gull and European Robin. New this month: Barn Swallow, Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler and Sandwich Tern and 35 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From East Riding of Yorkshire’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 178 birds in April
178 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.91% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.67% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.28% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.16% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.04% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.98% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.69% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.59% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.58% in Apr
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.57% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentCommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.51% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.36% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Apr
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.21% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.18% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.16% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Apr
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in Apr (protected)
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.04% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixPassage migrantRare44–51 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.03% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorRare54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.03% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.02% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantRare20–23 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 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