Birds to See in Renfrewshire in April
93 bird species on our list for Renfrewshire are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, European Robin, Woodpigeon and Blackbird. New this month: Willow Warbler, Barn Swallow, Sedge Warbler and Blackcap and 17 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Renfrewshire’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 93 birds in April
93 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.32% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.74% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.30% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.89% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.88% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.16% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.04% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.92% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.87% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.84% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.77% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.75% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.60% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.58% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.51% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.43% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.41% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.39% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.36% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.31% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.29% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.29% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.27% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.27% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.24% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.24% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.24% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.24% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.22% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.22% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.17% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.14% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · records held back in Apr (protected)
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · records held back in Apr (protected)
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.10% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · records held back in Apr (protected)
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusScarceUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · records held back in Apr (protected)
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · records held back in Apr (protected)
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 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