Birds to See in Angus in April
118 bird species on our list for Angus are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Mallard and Blackbird. New this month: Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler, House Martin and Sandwich Tern and 13 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Angus’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 118 birds in April
118 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.83% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.81% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.69% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.67% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.42% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.35% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.25% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.95% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.81% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.77% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.70% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.70% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.70% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.67% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.65% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.63% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.49% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Apr (protected)
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.46% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.46% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.42% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Apr
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.39% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.37% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.37% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.35% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.32% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.32% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.30% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.28% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.26% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.23% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · records held back in Apr (protected)
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.21% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.19% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · records held back in Apr (protected)
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr · 0.16% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.14% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerScarceUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · records held back in Apr (protected)
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 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