Birds to See in Newport in April
108 bird species on our list for Newport are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Canada Goose, Chiffchaff, Blackbird and Mallard. New this month: Barn Swallow, Common Reed-warbler, Whitethroat and House Martin and 19 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Newport’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 108 birds in April
108 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.57% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.87% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.62% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.60% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.22% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.06% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.00% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.89% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.89% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.87% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.83% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.83% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.79% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.73% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.71% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.71% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.68% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.64% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.62% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantCommon29–31 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.56% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.52% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.42% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorCommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.33% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.33% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.31% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.31% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.27% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.19% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.19% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.19% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.19% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.15% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.12% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.10% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.08% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.08% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · records held back in Apr (protected)
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