Birds to See in Monmouthshire in April
84 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
84 bird species on our list for Monmouthshire are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Robin and Chiffchaff. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Linnet and Willow Warbler and 20 more.
New in April24
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(52)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Sep–Jul
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Apr
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Summer visitors
(24)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Feb–Oct
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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