Birds to See in Gwynedd in April
127 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in April29
- Barn Swallow
- House Martin
- Common Swift
- Manx Shearwater
- Cuckoo
- Whitethroat
- Fulmar
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Common Redstart
- Whimbrel
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Common Tern
- Wood Warbler
- Sedge Warbler
- Common Sandpiper
- Arctic Tern
- Garden Warbler
- Razorbill
- Common Kingfisher
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Ring Ouzel
- Tree Pipit
- Atlantic Puffin
- Common Reed-warbler
- Purple Sandpiper
- Black Guillemot
- Hooded Crow
- Little Owl
- Red Crossbill
Residents
(62)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
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
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Apr–May
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Jan–Jun
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Summer visitors
(35)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Jan–Nov
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Feb–Dec
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Winter visitors
(19)Present outside the breeding season
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Sep–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Nov–May
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Passage migrants
(10)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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