Birds to See in Ceredigion in April
121 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
121 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 35 more.
New in April39
- Barn Swallow
- House Martin
- Whitethroat
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Northern Gannet
- Sand Martin
- Sedge Warbler
- Common Redstart
- Garden Warbler
- Sandwich Tern
- Cuckoo
- Manx Shearwater
- Dunlin
- Common Gull
- Kittiwake
- Cetti's Warbler
- Razorbill
- Great White Egret
- Whimbrel
- Common Reed-warbler
- Wood Warbler
- Fulmar
- Common Sandpiper
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Osprey
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Red-throated Loon
- Coot
- Red Knot
- Stock Dove
- Tree Pipit
- Whinchat
- Marsh Tit
- Great Crested Grebe
- Gadwall
- Willow Tit
- Grey Plover
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Little Ringed Plover
Leaving after last month8
Residents
(71)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Apr–Jan
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Jan–Jun
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Summer visitors
(29)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Nov–May
Passage migrants
(12)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Jan–Apr
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Apr–Nov
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–May
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