Birds to See in Flintshire in April
65 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
65 bird species on our list for Flintshire are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Chiffchaff, Carrion Crow and Blue Tit. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Blackcap and Willow Warbler and 21 more.
New in April25
Residents
(43)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Summer visitors
(9)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(6)Present outside the breeding season
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–May
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Apr
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–May
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
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