Birds to See in Cork in September
122 bird species on our list for Cork are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Grey Heron and European Robin. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Brent Goose, Eurasian Siskin and Golden Plover and 9 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Cork’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 122 birds in September
122 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.10% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.76% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.25% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.23% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.17% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.99% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.90% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.84% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.76% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.62% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.62% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.56% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.50% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.40% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.32% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.24% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.22% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.20% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.17% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.12% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.11% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.05% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.03% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinScarceRare14–15 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