Birds to See in Rutland in April
141 bird species on our list for Rutland are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Mallard, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Blackbird and Carrion Crow. New this month: Common Tern, Common Swift, House Martin and Sedge Warbler and 31 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Rutland’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 141 birds in April
141 birds
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.65% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.47% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 1.30% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.27% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.16% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.09% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.99% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.90% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.80% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.68% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.66% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.60% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.51% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.47% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Apr
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.34% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.32% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.27% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.26% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.25% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.25% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.24% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.21% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisSummer visitorCommon52–68 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.19% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.16% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.14% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.13% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.11% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.05% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentRare21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 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