Birds to See in Leinster in September
151 bird species on our list for Leinster are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Woodpigeon, European Robin and Magpie. New this month: Brent Goose, Red-throated Loon, Whooper Swan and Common Loon and 13 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Leinster’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 151 birds in September
151 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.15% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.97% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.84% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.47% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.41% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.36% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.26% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.11% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.09% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.09% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep · 0.05% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantRare23–27 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantRare80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentRare37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentRare66–94 cmRegularly Sep · 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