Birds to See in Swansea in April
85 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
85 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 11 more.
Residents
(48)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Summer visitors
(17)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Aug
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(16)Present outside the breeding season
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Nov–Jun
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