Birds to See in Torfaen in April
42 bird species on our list for Torfaen are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, European Robin, Magpie and Blue Tit. New this month: Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Barn Swallow and Coal Tit and 11 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
From Torfaen’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 42 birds in April
42 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 6.07% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 5.18% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 5.00% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.64% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.29% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 3.93% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.75% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 3.57% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.57% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 3.21% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 3.04% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 3.04% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 2.50% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 2.50% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 2.32% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 2.14% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 2.14% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.79% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.61% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.25% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 1.07% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.07% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.07% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 1.07% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.89% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.89% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.89% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.89% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.71% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Apr · 0.71% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.71% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisSummer visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.71% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.71% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr · 0.71% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · records held back in Apr (protected)
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.54% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.54% in Apr
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