Birds to See in Dumfries and Galloway in September
116 bird species on our list for Dumfries and Galloway are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Carrion Crow, Barn Swallow, Jackdaw and Woodpigeon. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Barnacle Goose, Pink-footed Goose and Whooper Swan and 9 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Dumfries and Galloway’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 116 birds in September
116 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.01% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.05% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.31% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.22% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.14% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.00% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.74% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.66% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.61% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.55% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.53% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.50% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.39% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.33% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.31% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.26% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.26% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.22% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.17% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.15% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.15% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Sep
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.13% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.11% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.09% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.09% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jan · 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