Birds to See in Wiltshire in September
113 bird species on our list for Wiltshire are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Blue Tit, European Goldfinch and Jackdaw. New this month: Common Gull, Water Rail, Golden Plover and Merlin and 2 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Wiltshire’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 113 birds in September
113 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.50% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.50% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.17% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.73% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.72% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.05% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.35% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.47% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.36% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.35% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.27% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.27% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.11% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.08% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.07% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.06% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.03% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% 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