Birds to See in Wicklow in September
115 bird species on our list for Wicklow are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Woodpigeon, Hooded Crow, Rook and Jackdaw. New this month: Red-throated Loon, Brent Goose, Bar-tailed Godwit and Rock Pipit and 6 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Wicklow’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 115 birds in September
115 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.51% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.51% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.36% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.93% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.90% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.78% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.69% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.63% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.49% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.48% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.38% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.37% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.34% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.31% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.30% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.25% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.20% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.17% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.16% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.11% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.09% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRegularly Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–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