Birds to See in Estonia in September
160 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in September18
Leaving after last month24
- Bullfinch
- Common Swift
- Whitethroat
- Cuckoo
- Arctic Tern
- Common Rosefinch
- Garden Warbler
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Wood Warbler
- Marsh Warbler
- Black Guillemot
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Green Sandpiper
- Eurasian Bittern
- Whimbrel
- Little Tern
- Golden Oriole
- Garganey
- Wryneck
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Black Tern
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Temminck's Stint
- European Turtle-dove
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(87)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly May–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Sep
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(25)Present outside the breeding season
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Jul–May
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Sep–May
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(22)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly May–Sep
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly May–Sep
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Feb–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