Birds to See in Waterford in September
59 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: Whinchat, Common Gull, Greenshank and Whimbrel and 4 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Waterford’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 59 birds in September
59 birds
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.57% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.50% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 3.20% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.48% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRegularly May–Mar · 2.42% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.83% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.76% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.50% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.31% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.24% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.24% in Sep
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.17% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantCommon87–100 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.17% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.11% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.98% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.98% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.98% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.91% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.85% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.85% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.85% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.78% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.78% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.78% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.72% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.65% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.59% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.59% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.52% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.46% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.39% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.39% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.39% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep · 0.39% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.33% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% 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