Birds to See in Dumfries and Galloway in April
127 bird species on our list for Dumfries and Galloway are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Chaffinch, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler, House Martin and Blackcap and 24 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
From Dumfries and Galloway’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 127 birds in April
127 birds
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.24% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.10% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.00% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.55% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.00% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.94% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.69% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.67% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.63% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.63% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.59% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.51% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.49% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.47% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.43% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.33% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.33% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.27% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.27% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.27% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.24% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.24% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.22% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.22% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.22% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.22% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.20% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.18% in Apr
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.18% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.16% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · records held back in Apr (protected)
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.10% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.08% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.08% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · records held back in Apr (protected)
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · records held back in Apr (protected)
PochardAythya ferinaScarceRare42–49 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 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