Birds to See in Dundee in April
58 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
Residents
(38)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jan–May
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jan–Apr
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Feb–Apr
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Apr
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Apr
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Dec–Aug
Summer visitors
(8)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Passage migrants
(2)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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