Birds to See in Estonia in September
160 bird species on our list for Estonia are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great White Egret, Pied Wagtail, Mute Swan and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Long-tailed Duck, Barnacle Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose and Smew and 14 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Estonia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 160 birds in September
160 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.18% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.14% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.66% in Sep
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 1.66% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.65% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.64% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Sep
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.47% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.27% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.22% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.22% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.19% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.16% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.10% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.04% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.04% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.01% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.00% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.96% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.96% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.91% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.89% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.89% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantCommon41–52 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.84% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.83% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.82% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.81% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.79% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.71% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.70% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.70% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.70% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.70% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.67% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.61% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.55% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.54% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantCommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.48% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.46% in Sep
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.44% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.38% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.38% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.36% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Sep
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.35% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.34% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.23% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.19% in Sep
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Sep
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.11% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.11% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.03% 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