Birds to See in West Sussex in September
161 bird species on our list for West Sussex are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Magpie and European Herring Gull. New this month: Brent Goose, Golden Plover, Merlin and Razorbill and 11 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From West Sussex’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 161 birds in September
161 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.12% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.83% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.43% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.12% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.73% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.73% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.70% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.68% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.60% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.44% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.43% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.27% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.08% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorRare80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantRare35–40 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 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