Birds to See in Mayo in September
116 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
116 bird species on our list for Mayo are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Meadow Pipit, European Herring Gull, Pied Wagtail, Great Black-backed Gull and Hooded Crow. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Goldcrest and Dunnock and 34 more.
New in September38
- Eurasian Teal
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Goldcrest
- Dunnock
- Tufted Duck
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Blackcap
- Golden Plover
- Northern Lapwing
- Brent Goose
- Mistle Thrush
- Common Snipe
- Northern Shoveler
- Little Grebe
- Greenfinch
- Common Redpoll
- Chiffchaff
- Red-throated Loon
- Long-tailed Tit
- Atlantic Puffin
- Buzzard
- Treecreeper
- Red Knot
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Merlin
- Grey Plover
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Water Rail
- Leach's Storm-petrel
- Pink-footed Goose
- Mediterranean Gull
- American Black Duck
- Arctic Loon
- Dipper
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Little Stint
- Ruff
- Balearic Shearwater
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(54)Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Sep–Jul
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly May–Dec
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Summer visitors
(24)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great Skua
Stercorarius skuaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly May–Sep
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Winter visitors
(16)Present outside the breeding season
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(19)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Jul–Oct
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Sep–Feb
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Sep–Oct
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Sep–Oct
Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravisLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Leach's Storm-petrel
Hydrobates leucorhousVU
Regularly Sep
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Storm-petrel
Hydrobates pelagicusLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabiniLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
American Black Duck
Anas rubripesLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Sep
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Sep
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Scarce visitors
(3)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