Birds to See in Torfaen in April
41 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
41 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 10 more.
Residents
(24)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Jan–Jun
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Summer visitors
(7)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Winter visitors
(7)Present outside the breeding season
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Passage migrants
(3)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