What birds can I see in Denmark in September?

196 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.

What are the most common birds in Denmark?

Of the birds on our list, the ones birdwatchers record most often in Denmark are Blackbird, Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Blue Tit and Woodpigeon.

Birds in Denmark

Q: How many birds are on Birdfact's list for Denmark?

263 species, each recorded regularly in Denmark (in at least 3 of the 6 years 2019–2024): 85 residents, 81 summer visitors, 46 winter visitors, 41 passage migrants and 10 scarce visitors. The list includes only birds with a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur in Denmark, and rarer vagrants are not listed.

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.

All 196 birds in September

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.

215 196

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GoldcrestSmallest · 8.5cm

Whooper SwanLargest · 165cm

From the Goldcrest (8.5 cm) to the Whooper Swan (165 cm)59 families

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All 263 birds on the list

Showing 162–184 of 263 species

Rough-legged Hawk

Buteo lagopusLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Sep–May

Kittiwake

Rissa tridactylaVU

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

Hobby

Falco subbuteoLC

Summer visitorUncommon

Regularly Apr–Sep

Ring Ouzel

Turdus torquatusLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Apr–Oct

Eurasian Spoonbill

Platalea leucorodiaLC

Summer visitorUncommon

Regularly Mar–Oct

Corn Bunting

Emberiza calandraLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

Eurasian Woodcock

Scolopax rusticolaLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Oct–Jul

Garganey

Spatula querquedulaLC

Summer visitorUncommon

Regularly Mar–Sep

Cinclus cinclusLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Oct–Mar

Grasshopper Warbler

Locustella naeviaLC

Summer visitorUncommon

Regularly Apr–Sep

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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

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