Birds to See in Kent in September
192 bird species on our list for Kent are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Magpie and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Brent Goose, Red-throated Loon, Eurasian Siskin and Razorbill and 16 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Kent’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 192 birds in September
192 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.96% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.52% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.99% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.90% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.89% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.63% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.62% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.55% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.51% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.41% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.37% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.36% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.33% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.25% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.17% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.08% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaScarceUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Sep
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Sep
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxScarceRare39–43 cmRegularly Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.01% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentRare53–57 cmRegularly Mar–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