Birds to See in Wales in April
186 bird species on our list for Wales are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Woodpigeon and European Herring Gull. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Common Swift and Whitethroat and 24 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Wales’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 186 birds in April
186 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.10% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.66% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.56% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.03% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.75% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.55% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.47% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.26% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.20% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.19% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.16% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Apr (protected)
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.12% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.07% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.06% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentRare44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisRecords withheldRare46–61 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · records held back in Apr (protected)
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantRare19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantRare20–23 cmRegularly Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisScarceRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · records held back in Apr (protected)
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 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