Birds to See in Ireland in September
183 bird species on our list for Ireland are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, European Robin, Black-headed Gull and Jackdaw. New this month: Brent Goose, Common Loon, Northern Pintail and Purple Sandpiper and 22 more.
On the move in September
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At their peak
From Ireland’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 183 birds in September
183 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.22% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.91% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.88% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.80% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.53% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.49% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.32% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.30% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.28% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.21% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Sep
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentRare66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantRare23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorRare80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorRare54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentRare37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Sep
American Black DuckAnas rubripesPassage migrantRare54–59 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorRare58–77 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorRare14–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.00% 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