Birds to See in Armagh in April
48 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
48 bird species on our list for Armagh are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Blackbird, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon and Blue Tit. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Pied Wagtail and Rook and 14 more.
New in April18
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(35)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Nov–Sep
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Summer visitors
(9)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Nov–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
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