Birds to See in East Riding of Yorkshire in September
197 bird species on our list for East Riding of Yorkshire are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, European Robin and Barn Swallow. New this month: Redwing, Pink-footed Goose, Eurasian Siskin and Brent Goose and 25 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From East Riding of Yorkshire’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 197 birds in September
197 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.68% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.15% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.97% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.91% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.85% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.81% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.81% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.78% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.68% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.63% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.61% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.60% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.53% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.51% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.51% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.48% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.45% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.39% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.38% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.37% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.31% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.30% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.30% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.29% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.28% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.27% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.25% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.25% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.25% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.21% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.16% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Sep
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentCommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.08% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Sep
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Sep
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Sep
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantRare35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Sep · 0.02% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorRare54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantRare58–77 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.01% in Sep
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantRare14–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 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