Birds to See in Rutland in September
126 bird species on our list for Rutland are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Robin, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw and Blue Tit. New this month: Meadow Pipit, Golden Plover, Eurasian Skylark and Eurasian Siskin and 8 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Rutland’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 126 birds in September
126 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.63% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.17% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.95% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.95% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.94% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.91% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisSummer visitorCommon52–68 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.86% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.84% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.75% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.74% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.58% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.57% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.53% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.52% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.51% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.47% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.37% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.24% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.23% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.20% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.17% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.15% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.11% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.10% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.08% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly Sep · 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