Birds to See in Carmarthenshire in April
112 bird species on our list for Carmarthenshire are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, European Robin, Chiffchaff, Eurasian Wren and Carrion Crow. New this month: Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler, House Martin and Linnet and 23 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Carmarthenshire’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 112 birds in April
112 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 3.01% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.75% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.70% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.37% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.32% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.14% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.79% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.79% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.76% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.73% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.58% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.51% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.51% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.41% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.41% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.38% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.38% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.35% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.33% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.30% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.30% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.30% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.28% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.28% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantCommon39–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.28% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.25% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.23% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.23% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.20% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.18% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr · 0.18% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.15% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.15% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.15% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.15% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr · 0.13% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.13% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · records held back in Apr (protected)
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.10% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.10% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · records held back in Apr (protected)
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 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