Birds to See in Latvia in September
135 bird species on our list for Latvia are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Blue Tit, Chaffinch and Chiffchaff. New this month: Greater White-fronted Goose, Tundra Bean Goose, Brambling and Greater Scaup and 7 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Latvia’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 135 birds in September
135 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.50% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.05% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.86% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.84% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.09% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.94% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Sep
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.37% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Sep
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.81% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.71% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.65% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.65% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.64% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.61% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.59% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.58% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.55% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.53% in Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.39% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.36% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.35% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.30% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.26% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.25% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.17% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.15% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon31–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.11% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantCommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.10% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Sep
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.09% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.09% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon36–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% 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