Birds to See in Ceredigion in April
123 bird species on our list for Ceredigion are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, European Robin, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Wren and Blue Tit. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Whitethroat and European Pied Flycatcher and 36 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Ceredigion’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 123 birds in April
123 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.38% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.09% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.96% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.88% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.69% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.05% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 1.00% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.96% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.93% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.91% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.76% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.73% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.71% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.71% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.55% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.53% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.50% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.48% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.47% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentUncommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.40% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.37% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.35% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.30% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.28% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.27% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.23% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.20% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.20% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.15% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.15% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.15% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · records held back in Apr (protected)
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.12% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in Apr (protected)
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.10% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr · 0.10% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.10% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.07% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.07% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.05% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% 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