Birds to See in Latvia in September
135 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in September11
Leaving after last month32
- Common Swift
- Whitethroat
- Cuckoo
- Wood Warbler
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Marsh Warbler
- Golden Oriole
- Red-backed Shrike
- Common Reed-warbler
- Eurasian Bittern
- Serin
- Green Sandpiper
- Wood Sandpiper
- Hoopoe
- Wryneck
- Little Ringed Plover
- Curlew
- Sand Martin
- Black Tern
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Little Grebe
- Arctic Tern
- Water Rail
- Spotted Redshank
- Montagu's Harrier
- Eider
- Whimbrel
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Grey Partridge
- Little Tern
- European Turtle-dove
- Grey Wagtail
Residents
(36)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(60)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Sep
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Jan–Nov
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Winter visitors
(20)Present outside the breeding season
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Aug–May
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(19)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–Nov
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Jul–Sep
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–Sep
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly May–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