Birds to See in Antrim in April
120 bird species on our list for Antrim are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Wagtail, Eurasian Wren, Hooded Crow, Wheatear and Willow Warbler. New this month: Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler, House Martin and Whimbrel and 21 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Antrim’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 120 birds in April
120 birds
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.31% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.27% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.12% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.35% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.34% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.15% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.07% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.90% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.81% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.79% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.76% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.69% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.68% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.68% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.66% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.59% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.57% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.49% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.35% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.34% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.30% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.28% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Apr (protected)
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.21% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.19% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.18% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.17% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.16% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.15% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.13% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.12% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.08% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.08% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.08% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · records held back in Apr (protected)
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr · 0.05% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% 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