Birds to See in Derry in September
68 bird species on our list for Derry are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Jackdaw, Rook, Black-headed Gull and Common Starling. New this month: Common Shelduck, Eurasian Teal, Golden Plover and Common Tern and 6 more.
On the move in September
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At their peak
From Derry’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 68 birds in September
68 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 5.04% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 4.16% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.10% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.65% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.65% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 3.21% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.90% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.71% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 2.14% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.83% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.70% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.70% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.58% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.58% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.45% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.45% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.45% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.45% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.26% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.13% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.07% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 1.07% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.01% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.01% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.01% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.95% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.82% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.82% in Sep
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorCommonRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.82% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.76% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.69% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.69% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.63% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.63% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.63% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.57% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.57% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.57% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.57% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.57% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.57% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.57% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.50% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.50% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.50% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.44% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.44% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.38% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.38% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.38% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.38% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.32% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.25% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Sep · 0.25% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.25% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.19% 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