Birds to See in Argyll and Bute in September
125 bird species on our list for Argyll and Bute are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, European Robin, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Grey Heron. New this month: Common Loon, Eurasian Wigeon, Whooper Swan and Tufted Duck and 7 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Argyll and Bute’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 125 birds in September
125 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.93% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.17% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.84% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.85% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentCommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.54% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.50% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.48% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.39% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.39% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.32% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.31% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.27% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.22% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.21% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.21% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.15% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.14% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.13% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.13% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.12% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.11% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxWinter visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.11% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosScarceUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Sep
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% 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