Birds to See in Angus in September
130 bird species on our list for Angus are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull and European Robin. New this month: Pink-footed Goose, Northern Pintail, Great White Egret and Grey Plover and 10 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Angus’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 130 birds in September
130 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.74% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.73% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.31% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.23% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.18% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.02% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.99% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.93% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.82% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.80% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.78% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.76% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.76% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.74% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.70% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.68% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.64% in Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.61% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.59% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.59% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.55% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.53% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.53% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.51% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.51% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.49% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.47% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.44% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.44% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.42% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.40% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.40% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.40% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.38% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.38% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.36% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.36% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.34% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.28% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.28% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.25% in Sep
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.25% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.23% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusScarceUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.11% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% 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