Birds to See in Perthshire and Kinross in April
111 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
111 bird species on our list for Perthshire and Kinross are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird and Blue Tit. New this month: Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler, House Martin and Blackcap and 14 more.
New in April18
Leaving after last month7
Residents
(66)Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Red Grouse
Lagopus scoticaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Feb–Jul
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Dec–May
Summer visitors
(27)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Jan–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Jan–Nov
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-legged Partridge
Alectoris rufaNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Winter visitors
(10)Present outside the breeding season
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Apr–Aug
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
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