Birds to See in Lithuania in September
171 bird species on our list for Lithuania are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Blue Tit, Pied Wagtail and Common Starling. New this month: Greater White-fronted Goose, Brambling, Tundra Bean Goose and Redwing and 13 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Lithuania’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 171 birds in September
171 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.77% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.40% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.08% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.89% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.84% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Sep
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.33% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.28% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.09% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.94% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.93% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.84% in Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.81% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.76% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.72% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.72% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.56% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.50% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.42% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.41% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.40% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.39% in Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.37% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.32% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.26% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.25% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.21% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.18% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.12% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantCommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coronePassage migrantRare45–47 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantRare53–57 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantRare37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% 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