Birds in Denmark
263 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Denmark has 263 bird species recorded regularly there: 85 residents, 81 summer visitors, 46 winter visitors, 41 passage migrants and 10 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 858,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Denmark in September
196 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
Woodpigeon
Resident
Hooded Crow
Resident
Great Cormorant
Resident
Black-headed Gull
Resident
European Herring Gull
Resident
Barn Swallow
Summer visitor
Mallard
Resident
Grey Heron
Resident
Arriving in September: Fieldfare, Brambling, Brent Goose, Rock Pipit, Rough-legged Hawk, Woodlark, Purple Sandpiper, Pink-footed Goose and 9 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Denmark each month: most in May (215), fewest in December (150). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Sep–May
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly May–Aug
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Dotterel
Eudromias morinellusLC
Regularly Apr–May
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Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Oct–May
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Aug–Dec
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly May–Jun
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Oct
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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