Birds to See in Swansea in April
87 bird species on our list for Swansea are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, European Robin, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw and European Herring Gull. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Whitethroat and Curlew and 12 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Swansea’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 87 birds in April
87 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.53% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.50% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.41% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.98% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.92% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.11% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.96% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 2.76% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.25% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.05% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.02% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.02% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.81% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.76% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.64% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.64% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.64% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.52% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.52% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.49% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.41% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.38% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.38% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.32% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.23% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.20% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.20% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · records held back in Apr (protected)
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.17% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.17% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.17% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.15% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.12% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–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