Birds to See in Finland in September
184 bird species on our list for Finland are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Pied Wagtail, Blue Tit and Chaffinch. New this month: Long-tailed Duck, Greater White-fronted Goose, Taiga Bean Goose and Tundra Bean Goose and 12 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Finland’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 184 birds in September
184 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Sep
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 3.13% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.90% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 2.17% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Sep
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.49% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.39% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.20% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.15% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.05% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.00% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.96% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.90% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.88% in Sep
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.84% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.83% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusSummer visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.79% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.78% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.77% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.77% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.75% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.71% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.69% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.69% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.68% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.68% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.60% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.58% in Sep
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.58% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.57% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.54% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.49% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.48% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.48% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.48% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.44% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.40% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.39% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.32% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.27% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantCommon68–88 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.26% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.26% in Sep
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.23% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.22% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.22% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.17% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
SmewMergellus albellusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusResidentUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Sep
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.05% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.04% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorUncommon60–87 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
DotterelEudromias morinellusSummer visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusSummer visitorUncommon48–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusSummer visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorRare9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorRare43–47 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% 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