Birds to See in Dublin in September
125 bird species on our list for Dublin are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Brent Goose, Red-breasted Merganser, Eurasian Wigeon and Red-throated Loon and 9 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Dublin’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 125 birds in September
125 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.52% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.02% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.76% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.74% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.70% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.90% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.86% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.82% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.81% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.70% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.53% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.43% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.40% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.19% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.11% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.08% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.03% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentRare60–66 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% 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