Birds to See in Warwickshire in April
127 bird species on our list for Warwickshire are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Blackbird, Carrion Crow and Blue Tit. New this month: Barn Swallow, Whitethroat, Common Swift and House Martin and 24 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Warwickshire’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 127 birds in April
127 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.46% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.88% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.44% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.01% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.92% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.83% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.72% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.62% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.61% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.60% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.49% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.39% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.37% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.35% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.22% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.21% in Apr
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.21% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.13% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.06% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.06% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.06% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.06% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Apr (protected)
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr · 0.02% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.02% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusScarceRare34–43 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 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