Birds to See in Worcestershire in September
117 bird species on our list for Worcestershire are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Magpie and Blue Tit. New this month: Garganey, Common Gull, Northern Pintail and Barn Owl and 5 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Worcestershire’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 117 birds in September
117 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.04% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.44% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.78% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.32% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.77% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.58% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.33% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.72% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.47% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.43% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.29% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.10% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.05% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantRare69–81 cmRegularly Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaScarceRare18–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentRare21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 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