Birds to See in Aberdeen in September
103 bird species on our list for Aberdeen are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow and Great Black-backed Gull. New this month: Purple Sandpiper, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Pink-footed Goose and Eurasian Siskin and 8 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Aberdeen’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 103 birds in September
103 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.61% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.35% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 2.17% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.83% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.54% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.08% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.07% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.01% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.94% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.85% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.78% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.65% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.58% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.51% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.47% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.47% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.46% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.46% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.43% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.42% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.39% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.37% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.36% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.26% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.25% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.18% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.15% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.15% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.14% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.12% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.11% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataScarceUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep · 0.04% 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