Birds to See in Munster in September
149 bird species on our list for Munster are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, European Robin, Rook and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Brent Goose, Red-breasted Merganser and Golden Plover and 15 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Munster’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 149 birds in September
149 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.40% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.42% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.05% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.89% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.73% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.69% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.56% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.52% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.51% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.38% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.34% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantCommon50–58 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.23% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.20% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.18% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.07% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.07% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.06% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataScarceRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantRare14–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% 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