Birds to See in Anglesey in April
136 bird species on our list for Anglesey are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Blackbird and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Barn Swallow, Sandwich Tern, Arctic Tern and Willow Warbler and 18 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Anglesey’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 136 birds in April
136 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.77% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.90% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.89% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.49% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.28% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.16% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.11% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.94% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.86% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.85% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.70% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.68% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.66% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.64% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.52% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.50% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.47% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.46% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.43% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.39% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.37% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.34% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.32% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.29% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.25% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.22% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.19% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.18% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.18% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.14% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.13% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.11% in Apr
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in Apr (protected)
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.07% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.03% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.02% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.02% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 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