Birds to See in Wiltshire in April
137 bird species on our list for Wiltshire are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit, European Robin and Chaffinch. New this month: Barn Swallow, Common Swift, House Martin and Whitethroat and 24 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
ChiffchaffBusiest month of the year · All year
Willow WarblerBusiest month of the year · Mar–Sep
Sand MartinBusiest month of the year · Mar–Sep
Red-crested PochardBusiest month of the year · All year
Little Ringed PloverBusiest month of the year · Mar–Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherBusiest month of the year · Feb–Aug
From Wiltshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 137 birds in April
137 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.33% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.84% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Apr- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.45% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.32% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Apr- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.05% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr- Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.45% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.44% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr- Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr- Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.30% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.25% in Apr- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.25% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.24% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.23% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.16% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.11% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.09% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.06% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.06% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.05% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.04% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Apr (protected)
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.03% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in Apr (protected)
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentRare40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.03% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.02% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.02% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · records held back in Apr (protected)
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · records held back in Apr (protected)
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–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