Birds to See in Cardiff in April
94 bird species on our list for Cardiff are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie, Carrion Crow and Blue Tit. New this month: Common Swift, House Martin, Barn Swallow and Whitethroat and 12 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Cardiff’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 94 birds in April
94 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.60% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.42% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.12% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.90% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.87% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.81% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.27% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.01% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.87% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.03% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.93% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.65% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.63% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.57% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.36% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.33% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.30% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorUncommon53–89 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.29% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.29% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.29% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.25% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.17% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.17% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.11% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.11% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.10% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.07% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.07% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in Apr (protected)
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% 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