Birds to See in Kent in April
189 bird species on our list for Kent are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie, European Herring Gull and Blackbird. New this month: Barn Swallow, Common Swift, Whitethroat and Common Reed-warbler and 30 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
From Kent’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 189 birds in April
189 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.94% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.53% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.25% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.76% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.71% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.43% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.27% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.22% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.20% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.19% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Apr (protected)
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Apr
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.03% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · records held back in Apr (protected)
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentRare66–94 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantRare11–12 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantRare78–90 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 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