Birds to See in Eilean Siar in September
111 bird species on our list for Eilean Siar are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Meadow Pipit, Common Starling and Curlew. New this month: Pink-footed Goose, Chiffchaff, Snow Bunting and Great Tit and 9 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Red-throated LoonBusiest month of the year · Mar–Jan
RazorbillBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Black-tailed GodwitBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Sooty ShearwaterBusiest month of the year · Aug–Oct
European Storm-petrelBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Sep
From Eilean Siar’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 111 birds in September
111 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.90% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.57% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.38% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.20% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.18% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Sep- Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.14% in Sep
- RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.13% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.10% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.10% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.10% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.05% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.98% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.95% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.90% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.90% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.85% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.83% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.79% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.79% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentCommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.76% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.75% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.71% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.70% in Sep
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.70% in Sep- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.69% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.65% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.54% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep- Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.49% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.45% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.44% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.43% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorCommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.41% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.41% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.41% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.40% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.40% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.40% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.38% in Sep
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentCommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.36% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.36% in Sep- European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.25% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.24% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.24% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.18% in Sep
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.16% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorCommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.15% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Sep · 0.13% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Sep
CootFulica atraSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.10% in Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.10% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.08% in Sep- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisScarceUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentUncommonRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.05% 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