Birds to See in Dundee in April
58 bird species on our list for Dundee are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, European Robin and Woodpigeon. New this month: Blackcap, Barn Swallow, Curlew and Grey Wagtail and 6 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Dundee’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 58 birds in April
58 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 5.84% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 5.11% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.82% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.57% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.57% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.53% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 4.23% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.94% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.60% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.45% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 3.36% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.68% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.48% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 2.38% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.22% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.22% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.12% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.92% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.92% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.92% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.83% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.78% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.78% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.68% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.68% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.68% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.63% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.58% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.54% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.49% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.49% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.49% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.44% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaScarceCommon58–67 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.44% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.44% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.39% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.34% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.34% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.29% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.29% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon53–89 cmRegularly Apr · 0.24% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.24% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr · 0.24% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.19% 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