Birds to See in Aberdeenshire in April
133 bird species on our list for Aberdeenshire are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw and Chaffinch. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Willow Warbler and Atlantic Puffin and 24 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Aberdeenshire’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 133 birds in April
133 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.48% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.41% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.40% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.22% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.93% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.87% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.77% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.65% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.62% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.58% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentCommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.51% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Apr
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.48% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.40% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.33% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.20% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.19% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.19% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerResidentUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.17% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.17% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.17% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.15% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.15% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.14% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.13% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.12% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.12% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in Apr (protected)
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.11% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.11% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · records held back in Apr (protected)
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.10% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.08% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.07% in Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · records held back in Apr (protected)
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.06% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Apr
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentRare58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 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