Birds to See in Switzerland in September
193 bird species on our list for Switzerland are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Mallard, Blue Tit and House Sparrow. New this month: Meadow Pipit, Eurasian Wigeon, European Herring Gull and Great Grey Shrike and 13 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Switzerland’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 193 birds in September
193 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.74% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.92% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.60% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.44% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.20% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.63% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.63% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.50% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.50% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.47% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Sep
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.40% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentCommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.37% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.20% in Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.19% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.16% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixSummer visitorUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Citril FinchCarduelis citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantRare80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep · 0.02% in Sep
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentRare39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusPassage migrantRare98–120 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorRare40–45 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantRare66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantRare43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Sep
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorRare16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Apr–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