Birds to See in Falkirk in April
77 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
77 bird species on our list for Falkirk are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Magpie and Chiffchaff. New this month: Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler and Reed Bunting and 18 more.
New in April22
Leaving after last month7
Residents
(48)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Apr–Feb
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Summer visitors
(13)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Winter visitors
(12)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Jul–May
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Oct–Jul
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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