Birds to See in Mayo in September
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.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Mayo’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 116 birds in September
116 birds
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.81% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.78% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.04% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.54% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.53% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.49% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.48% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.48% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.17% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.14% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.99% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.88% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.75% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.72% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.65% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.62% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.60% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.56% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.56% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.54% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.54% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.53% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.51% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.46% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.45% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.44% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.44% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.41% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.38% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.38% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.38% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.36% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.34% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.33% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.28% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.27% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.27% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.25% in Sep
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Sep · 0.23% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Sep
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.17% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.16% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.13% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.13% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusScarceUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.11% in Sep
American Black DuckAnas rubripesPassage migrantUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.10% in Sep
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaScarceUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorUncommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.08% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Sep · 0.06% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusScarceUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Sep · 0.04% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–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