Birds to See in Bridgend in April
86 bird species on our list for Bridgend are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Blackbird, European Herring Gull, European Robin and Woodpigeon. New this month: Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Kestrel and House Martin and 12 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Bridgend’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 86 birds in April
86 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.63% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.63% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.38% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.23% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.99% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.99% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.89% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.84% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.39% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.24% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.14% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.14% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 1.14% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.99% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.94% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.94% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.94% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.94% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.89% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.79% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.74% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.74% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.74% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.74% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.65% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.65% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.65% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.65% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.65% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.60% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.60% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.60% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.55% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.50% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.45% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.45% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.40% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.40% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.40% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.40% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.40% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.35% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.35% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr · 0.35% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.30% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.30% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.25% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.25% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · records held back in Apr (protected)
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.20% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
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