Birds to See in Midlothian in April
98 bird species on our list for Midlothian are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Chiffchaff, Chaffinch and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler, Blackcap and House Martin and 12 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Midlothian’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 98 birds in April
98 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.84% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.09% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 1.76% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.71% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.55% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 1.30% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.20% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.09% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.01% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.99% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.84% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.55% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.43% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.38% in Apr
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.38% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.33% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.30% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.28% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.26% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.25% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.24% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.21% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentCommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaWinter visitorCommon37–42 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.17% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.16% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.13% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.12% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · records held back in Apr (protected)
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisScarceUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaScarceUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.04% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% 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