Birds to See in Norfolk in April
182 bird species on our list for Norfolk are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Chiffchaff and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Barn Swallow, Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler and House Martin and 26 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Norfolk’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 182 birds in April
182 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.81% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.61% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.04% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.79% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.62% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.50% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.39% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.35% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.32% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.30% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.19% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.15% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.13% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.09% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Apr (protected)
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.03% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorRare54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantRare78–90 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixPassage migrantRare44–51 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.01% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantRare66–94 cmRegularly Aug–May · 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