Birds to See in Norway in September
204 bird species on our list for Norway are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Pied Wagtail, Great Tit, Magpie and Meadow Pipit. New this month: Pink-footed Goose, Yellow-browed Warbler, Jack Snipe and Greater White-fronted Goose and 7 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Norway’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 204 birds in September
204 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.73% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.89% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.74% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.66% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.80% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.73% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.89% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.85% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.82% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.81% in Sep
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.80% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.76% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.71% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.67% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeResidentCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.67% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.60% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.58% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.57% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.56% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.51% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.49% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.47% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.46% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.38% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.34% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.33% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.27% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.27% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.22% in Sep
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.19% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.18% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.13% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.09% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Sep
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.07% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorCommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaResidentCommon20–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusSummer visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Sep
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisResidentUncommon68–88 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusResidentUncommon62–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Sep
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorRare60–87 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Sep
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
SmewMergellus albellusResidentUncommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantRare55–65 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Sep
DotterelEudromias morinellusSummer visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantRare14–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantRare60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 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