Birds to See in Gwynedd in April
127 bird species on our list for Gwynedd are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit and European Robin. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Common Swift and Manx Shearwater and 25 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Gwynedd’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 127 birds in April
127 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.28% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.25% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.83% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.60% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.56% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.39% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.23% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.77% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.75% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.67% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.66% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.58% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.58% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.56% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.47% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.43% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.41% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.40% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.37% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.36% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.33% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.29% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.28% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.28% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.26% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.25% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.25% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.17% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.17% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.15% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.15% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.12% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.10% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaScarceUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.08% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.07% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.06% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.06% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.03% 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