Birds to See in Clackmannanshire in April
94 bird species on our list for Clackmannanshire are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Eurasian Wren, Great Tit and Chaffinch. New this month: Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler and Whitethroat and 9 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Clackmannanshire’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 94 birds in April
94 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.00% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.70% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.09% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.79% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.36% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.32% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.27% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.27% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.27% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.12% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.08% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.06% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.03% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.03% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.95% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.93% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.88% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.88% in Apr
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.86% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.84% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.82% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.80% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.73% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.69% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.65% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.65% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.63% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.63% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.56% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.47% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.45% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.45% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.43% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.43% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.43% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.43% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.41% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.39% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.37% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.37% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.34% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr · 0.34% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.32% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.32% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.30% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.30% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.30% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.30% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.26% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.24% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.22% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.19% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.19% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.15% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.11% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
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