Birds to See in Waterford in September
58 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
58 bird species on our list for Waterford are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Rook, Hooded Crow, Black-headed Gull, European Herring Gull and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Common Gull, Greenshank, Whimbrel and European Shag and 3 more.
Residents
(29)Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly May–Mar
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Summer visitors
(16)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly May–Oct
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Winter visitors
(8)Present outside the breeding season
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–Feb
Passage migrants
(5)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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