Birds to See in Cheshire in September
154 bird species on our list for Cheshire are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Blue Tit and Jackdaw. New this month: Pink-footed Goose, Common Redpoll, Whooper Swan and Rock Pipit and 6 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Cheshire’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 154 birds in September
154 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.12% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.99% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.62% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.03% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.53% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.48% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.42% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.17% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.15% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.07% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.06% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentRare21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentRare87–100 cmRegularly Sep · 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