Birds to See in Conwy in April
123 bird species on our list for Conwy are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, European Robin and Blue Tit. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Willow Warbler and Sedge Warbler and 22 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Conwy’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
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.56% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.96% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.49% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.42% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.33% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.18% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.11% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.80% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.78% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.74% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.73% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.67% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.65% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.63% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.62% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.62% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.53% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.52% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.48% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.45% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.44% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.40% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.39% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.38% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.34% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.34% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.28% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.26% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.25% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.23% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.23% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.22% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.21% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.18% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.16% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.16% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.14% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.13% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in Apr (protected)
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.12% in Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantCommon48–60 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.09% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.08% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.08% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.08% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.06% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.06% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusScarceUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr · 0.05% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.04% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr · 0.04% 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