Birds to See in Merthyr Tydfil in April
23 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
23 bird species on our list for Merthyr Tydfil are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Jackdaw, European Robin, Blackbird, Carrion Crow and Chaffinch. New this month: Mallard, Song Thrush, Chaffinch and European Herring Gull and 5 more.
Residents
(14)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Jan–Jun
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Apr
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(1)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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