Birds to See in Suffolk in September
179 bird species on our list for Suffolk are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Black-headed Gull and Blue Tit. New this month: Northern Pintail, Brent Goose, Rock Pipit and Common Redpoll and 15 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Suffolk’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 179 birds in September
179 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.61% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.26% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.78% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.70% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.67% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.67% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.67% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.62% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.61% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.61% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.25% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.21% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorCommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.12% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.09% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.04% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Sep · 0.03% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentRare38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusScarceRare35–40 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.01% in Sep
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Sep
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.01% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.00% 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