Birds to See in Powys in April
105 bird species on our list for Powys are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, European Robin, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow and Chaffinch. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Willow Warbler and Common Redstart and 24 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Powys’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 105 birds in April
105 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.07% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.93% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.58% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.44% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.28% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.18% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.00% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.83% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.40% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.15% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.68% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.67% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.67% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.59% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.59% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.54% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.51% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.51% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.48% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.35% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.33% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.32% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.29% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.27% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.25% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorCommon30–36 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.25% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.24% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.21% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorCommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.19% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.17% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.17% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.17% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.13% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.11% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.10% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · records held back in Apr (protected)
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.06% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.06% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 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