Birds to See in Faroe Islands in September
74 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
74 bird species on our list for Faroe Islands are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Common Starling, European Herring Gull, Fulmar, Hooded Crow and Eider. New this month: Redwing, Blackcap, Yellow-browed Warbler and Eurasian Wigeon and 12 more.
New in September16
Leaving after last month7
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(26)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Great Skua
Stercorarius skuaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly May–Nov
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Sep–May
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Sep–Jun
Passage migrants
(12)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
European Storm-petrel
Hydrobates pelagicusLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Sep–Oct
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Sep–Oct
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Sep
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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