Birds to See in Lancashire in September
148 bird species on our list for Lancashire are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull and Mallard. New this month: Pink-footed Goose, Northern Pintail, Corn Bunting and Garganey and 8 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Lancashire’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 148 birds in September
148 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.19% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.67% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.56% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.84% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.81% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.71% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.45% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.32% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.29% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.15% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.10% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.05% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Sep
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.01% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 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