Birds to See in Suffolk in April
176 bird species on our list for Suffolk are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, European Robin and Chiffchaff. New this month: Barn Swallow, Whitethroat, Common Swift and Common Reed-warbler and 33 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Suffolk’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 176 birds in April
176 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.97% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.66% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.05% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.86% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.69% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.69% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.45% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorCommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.35% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.25% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.13% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.07% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.05% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.02% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · records held back in Apr (protected)
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
Black SwanCygnus atratusSummer visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentRare16–19 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantRare78–90 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.00% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorRare65–80 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 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