Birds to See in Lancashire in April
160 bird species on our list for Lancashire are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, European Robin, Blue Tit and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler, House Martin and Whitethroat and 20 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Lancashire’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 160 birds in April
160 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.28% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.19% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.50% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.44% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.17% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.69% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.38% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.34% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.25% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.23% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.21% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.17% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.13% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.13% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Apr (protected)
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.07% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.06% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.05% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.04% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantRare23–24 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.04% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · records held back in Apr (protected)
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.03% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentRare60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% 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