Birds to See in Somerset in April
159 bird species on our list for Somerset are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, European Robin and Blue Tit. New this month: Barn Swallow, Common Swift, House Martin and Common Reed-warbler and 29 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Somerset’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 159 birds in April
159 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.47% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.75% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.26% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.80% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.75% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.67% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.62% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorCommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.45% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.37% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.33% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.22% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.21% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.20% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.17% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.17% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Apr (protected)
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorRare32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.03% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentRare43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentRare87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.02% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.01% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantRare53–69 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantRare23–24 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantRare52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 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