Birds to See in Limerick in September
48 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
48 bird species on our list for Limerick are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Rook, European Robin, Jackdaw, Hooded Crow and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Chaffinch, Song Thrush, Dunnock and Common Gull and 17 more.
New in September21
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(31)Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly May–Sep
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Sep
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Sep–Mar
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly May–Feb
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Summer visitors
(6)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Winter visitors
(7)Present outside the breeding season
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Passage migrants
(2)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Scarce visitors
(2)Recorded in some years but not every year
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