Birds to See in Belgium in September
204 bird species on our list for Belgium are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Great Tit and Chiffchaff. New this month: Eurasian Siskin, Fieldfare, Northern Pintail and Yellow-browed Warbler and 21 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Belgium’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 204 birds in September
204 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.40% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.91% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.70% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.29% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.66% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.57% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.48% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.32% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.24% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxResidentUncommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.12% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.10% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Sep · 0.05% in Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Sep
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Sep · 0.03% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.03% in Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Sep · 0.03% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantRare50–58 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantRare65–80 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantRare45–50 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.02% in Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.02% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorRare66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Sep
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.01% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorRare50–71 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Sep
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusPassage migrantRare30–33 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorRare53–57 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
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