Birds to See in Stockton-on-Tees in September
95 bird species on our list for Stockton-on-Tees are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Mallard, Northern Lapwing, Coot, Gadwall and Mute Swan. New this month: Northern Pintail, Cetti's Warbler, Pink-footed Goose and Spotted Redshank and 4 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Stockton-on-Tees’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 95 birds in September
95 birds
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeResidentCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.46% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.10% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.05% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.05% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.02% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.95% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.82% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.75% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.71% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.65% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.54% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.50% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.45% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.42% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.42% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.28% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.20% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.18% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.16% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.13% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.11% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% 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