Birds to See in North Lanarkshire in April
51 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
51 bird species on our list for North Lanarkshire are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Robin, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Magpie and Blue Tit. New this month: Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Barn Swallow and Great Black-backed Gull and 8 more.
Residents
(32)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Jan–Jun
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Jan–Aug
Summer visitors
(9)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(7)Present outside the breeding season
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Oct–May
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Passage migrants
(3)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