Birds to See in Denbighshire in April
91 bird species on our list for Denbighshire are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Eurasian Wren, Woodpigeon, Chiffchaff and European Robin. New this month: Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler, Blackcap and House Martin and 17 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Denbighshire’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 91 birds in April
91 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 3.04% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.30% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.30% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 2.07% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.04% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 1.93% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.56% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 1.56% in Apr
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaSummer visitorCommon37–42 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.52% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.48% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.48% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.48% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.41% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.19% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 1.11% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.93% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorCommon41–49 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.82% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.78% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.70% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.70% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.63% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.59% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.56% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.56% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.56% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.56% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.52% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.52% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.52% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.52% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.48% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.48% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.48% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.44% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.44% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.44% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.41% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.41% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.37% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.37% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.37% in Apr
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.33% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.33% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.33% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.33% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.30% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.30% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.30% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.26% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.26% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.26% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.26% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.22% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentCommon37–43 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.19% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.15% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.15% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr · 0.11% 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