Birds to See in Down in September
80 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
80 bird species on our list for Down are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Coal Tit, House Sparrow, Common Starling and Blue Tit. New this month: Brent Goose, Eider, Great Crested Grebe and Common Pheasant and 5 more.
Residents
(53)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Dec–Oct
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Aug–Jan
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Sep–Jul
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Jun–Jan
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Summer visitors
(17)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Sep
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Winter visitors
(3)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly May–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Sep
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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