Birds to See in Shropshire in September
103 bird species on our list for Shropshire are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit and Jackdaw. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Water Rail, Golden Plover and Cetti's Warbler and 2 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Shropshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 103 birds in September
103 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.89% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.62% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.47% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.38% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.99% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentCommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.47% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.47% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.45% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.19% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.12% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.10% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentRare27–29 cmRegularly Sep · 0.03% 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