Birds to See in Aberdeenshire in September
137 bird species on our list for Aberdeenshire are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Carrion Crow, Barn Swallow and European Herring Gull. New this month: Pink-footed Goose, Whooper Swan, Blackcap and Golden Plover and 11 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Aberdeenshire’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 137 birds in September
137 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.96% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.59% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.44% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.36% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.27% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.89% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.75% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.69% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.61% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.56% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.54% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.54% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.45% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.42% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.36% in Sep
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentCommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.35% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.34% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.32% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.30% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.29% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.27% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.26% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.26% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.25% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.21% in Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.21% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.20% in Sep
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.20% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.17% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.16% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.16% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.11% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.11% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.11% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.10% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jul–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