Birds to See in Perthshire and Kinross in April
114 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.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Perthshire and Kinross’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 114 birds in April
114 birds
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.37% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 2.29% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.99% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.70% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.35% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.14% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.06% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.94% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.89% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.86% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.77% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.63% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.52% in Apr
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentCommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.44% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.26% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Apr (protected)
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.24% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.23% in Apr
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.20% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.17% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.16% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.16% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.14% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.12% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.12% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.11% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · records held back in Apr (protected)
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.07% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.06% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.03% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · records held back in Apr (protected)
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