Birds to See in Ulster in September
100 bird species on our list for Ulster are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Jackdaw, Hooded Crow, European Herring Gull and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Brent Goose, Eurasian Siskin and Common Pheasant and 5 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
From Ulster’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 100 birds in September
100 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 5.62% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 4.03% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.29% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.28% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.25% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.22% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.19% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.13% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.95% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.95% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.64% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.61% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.61% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.58% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.55% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.52% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.52% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.46% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.46% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.46% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.43% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.43% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.40% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.40% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.40% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.37% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.34% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.31% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.27% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.27% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.24% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.21% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.21% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.21% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.18% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantCommon50–58 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.18% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.15% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.09% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantCommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.09% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep · 0.09% 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