Birds to See in Denmark in September
196 bird species on our list for Denmark are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Hooded Crow, Great Cormorant, Black-headed Gull and European Herring Gull. New this month: Fieldfare, Brambling, Brent Goose and Rock Pipit and 13 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Denmark’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 196 birds in September
196 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.13% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.97% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.87% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.75% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.82% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.81% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.67% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.65% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.65% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.63% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.63% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.59% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.53% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.52% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.49% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.42% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.36% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.31% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.31% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.25% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.21% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Sep
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.08% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.08% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.06% in Sep
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.05% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorRare37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.03% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% 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