Birds to See in Staffordshire in September
131 bird species on our list for Staffordshire are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Carrion Crow, Magpie and Blue Tit. New this month: Eurasian Skylark, Goldeneye, Common Redpoll and Eurasian Woodcock and 6 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Staffordshire’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 131 birds in September
131 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.55% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.32% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.46% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.97% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.81% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.67% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.43% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.43% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.38% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.31% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.17% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.15% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.13% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.12% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.11% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.10% in Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.09% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.06% in Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.05% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentRare58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.03% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaWinter visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Sep
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRegularly Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 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