Birds to See in Antrim in September
113 bird species on our list for Antrim are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, European Robin, Eurasian Wren and Jackdaw. New this month: Merlin, Pink-footed Goose, Brent Goose and Eurasian Wigeon and 7 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Antrim’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
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.16% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.47% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.42% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.25% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.11% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.93% in Sep
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.77% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.70% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.70% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.55% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.50% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.44% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.42% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.39% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.39% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.37% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.36% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.36% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.36% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.36% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.34% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.21% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.20% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.16% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Sep
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.15% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.11% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.07% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.05% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% 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