Birds to See in Tyne and Wear in September
166 bird species on our list for Tyne and Wear are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull and Magpie. New this month: Pink-footed Goose, Common Loon, Whooper Swan and Common Redpoll and 14 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Tyne and Wear’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 166 birds in September
166 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.73% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.71% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.46% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.00% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.98% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.89% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.78% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.74% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.71% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.64% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorCommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.60% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.58% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.49% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.42% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.41% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.37% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.33% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.33% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.30% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.26% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.22% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.22% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.17% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.16% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.10% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.07% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantRare35–40 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentRare21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentRare29–31 cmRegularly Sep · 0.02% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantRare31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousScarceRare18–21 cmRegularly Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentRare48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 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