Birds to See in Norfolk in September
196 bird species on our list for Norfolk are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, European Robin, Blue Tit and European Herring Gull. New this month: Pink-footed Goose, Brent Goose, Redwing and Brambling and 17 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Norfolk’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 196 birds in September
196 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.33% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.70% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.67% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.61% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.59% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.58% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.53% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.47% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.35% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.35% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.35% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.34% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.31% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.24% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.15% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.13% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.11% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.09% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.07% in Sep
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorRare54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.02% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantRare35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.01% in Sep
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantRare66–94 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantRare30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 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