Birds to See in Clare in September
116 bird species on our list for Clare are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Rook, Pied Wagtail, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Hooded Crow. New this month: Common Loon, Eurasian Wigeon, Brent Goose and Northern Lapwing and 9 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Clare’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
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.58% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.52% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.00% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.41% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.27% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.22% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.18% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 1.16% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 1.14% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.04% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.01% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantCommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.93% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.78% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.73% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.72% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.63% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.58% in Sep
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.57% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantCommon27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.57% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantCommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.53% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.52% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.52% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.47% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.46% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.42% in Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.42% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.39% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.33% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.33% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.32% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.30% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.30% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.26% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantCommon48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.22% in Sep
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantCommon35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.16% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.15% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.11% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.11% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.11% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.10% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.10% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.09% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.04% 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