Birds to See in Aberdeen in April
99 bird species on our list for Aberdeen are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Carrion Crow, Common Gull and Woodpigeon. New this month: Barn Swallow, Sandwich Tern, Sand Martin and House Martin and 10 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Aberdeen’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 99 birds in April
99 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 5.77% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 4.13% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.60% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.59% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.42% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.09% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.05% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.82% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.62% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.61% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.60% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.56% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.48% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.45% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.44% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.38% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Apr (protected)
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.32% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.32% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.31% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.27% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.27% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.24% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.20% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.20% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.16% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.15% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.13% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.12% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.11% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · records held back in Apr (protected)
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.08% in Apr
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · records held back in Apr (protected)
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.05% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · records held back in Apr (protected)
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