Birds to See in Surrey in April
144 bird species on our list for Surrey are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit and Blackbird. New this month: Common Swift, Barn Swallow, Whitethroat and House Martin and 26 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Surrey’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 144 birds in April
144 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.73% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.58% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.14% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 2.12% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.06% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.78% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.43% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.37% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.30% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.26% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.21% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.20% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Apr
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.16% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.13% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Apr (protected)
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.06% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.05% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.05% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.04% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Apr (protected)
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.03% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentRare14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentRare48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentRare53–57 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantRare26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · records held back in Apr (protected)
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly 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