Birds to See in Down in April
65 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
65 bird species on our list for Down are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, European Robin, Common Starling, Woodpigeon and Blackbird. New this month: Barn Swallow, Sandwich Tern, Willow Warbler and Great Crested Grebe and 7 more.
New in April11
Residents
(48)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Dec–Oct
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Sep–Jul
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Summer visitors
(13)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Winter visitors
(2)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(2)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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