Birds to See in Staffordshire in April
154 bird species on our list for Staffordshire are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, European Robin, Carrion Crow and Blue Tit. New this month: Barn Swallow, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler and Common Swift and 35 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Staffordshire’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 154 birds in April
154 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.62% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.55% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.81% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.64% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.16% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.06% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.94% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.72% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.63% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.62% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.53% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.50% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.43% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.43% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.29% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.25% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · records held back in Apr (protected)
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.24% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.24% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.22% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.19% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.15% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.14% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.13% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.09% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr · 0.08% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.07% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.06% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.06% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.04% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentRare58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Apr (protected)
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaWinter visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr · 0.02% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.02% in Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisScarceRare36–41 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 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