Birds to See in Wexford in September
128 bird species on our list for Wexford are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Rook and Woodpigeon. New this month: Brent Goose, Red-breasted Merganser, Mistle Thrush and Northern Pintail and 8 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Wexford’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 128 birds in September
128 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.36% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.17% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.12% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.89% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.84% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.75% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.68% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.59% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.57% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.51% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.41% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.39% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.35% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.34% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.31% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.30% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.26% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep · 0.22% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.06% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerScarceRare22–26 cmRegularly Sep · 0.02% 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