Birds to See in Pembrokeshire in April
131 bird species on our list for Pembrokeshire are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Chiffchaff, European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Linnet and European Goldfinch. New this month: Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, House Martin and Common Swift and 26 more.
On the move in April
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At their peak
From Pembrokeshire’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 131 birds in April
131 birds
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.70% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.37% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.17% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.12% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.41% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.36% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 1.27% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.27% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Apr
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.18% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.10% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.09% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.94% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.83% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.77% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.72% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.71% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.58% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.56% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.49% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.24% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.23% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.22% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.20% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.19% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.16% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.16% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
CootFulica atraSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.11% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.11% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.10% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.08% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.07% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.07% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.07% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.06% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.03% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaScarceRare20–23 cmRegularly Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 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