Birds to See in Somerset in September
152 bird species on our list for Somerset are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Magpie and Jackdaw. New this month: Glossy Ibis, Little Stint, Merlin and Firecrest and 7 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Somerset’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 152 birds in September
152 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.93% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.54% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.16% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.90% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.14% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.72% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.67% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.62% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.62% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.59% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.48% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.45% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.38% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.36% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.24% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.17% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.12% in Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorCommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.11% in Sep
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.09% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.06% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.03% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.03% in Sep
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaScarceUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.03% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentRare87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentRare43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorRare32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 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