Birds to See in Cornwall in September
188 bird species on our list for Cornwall are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, European Robin, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow and Barn Swallow. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Yellow-browed Warbler, Merlin and Purple Sandpiper and 20 more.
On the move in September
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At their peak
From Cornwall’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 188 birds in September
188 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.74% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.41% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.53% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.18% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.80% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.77% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.76% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.68% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.61% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.58% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.56% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.51% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.49% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.46% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.39% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantCommon35–40 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.38% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.34% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.33% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.33% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.31% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantCommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.28% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaWinter visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.25% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.22% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.20% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.19% in Sep
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.13% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.12% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.10% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.09% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.09% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Sep
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Sep
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.05% in Sep
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.05% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiScarceRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep · 0.04% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.03% in Sep
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictusPassage migrantRare90–105 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentRare16–19 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantRare11–13 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