Birds to See in Falkirk in September
82 bird species on our list for Falkirk are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, Magpie and Common Shelduck. New this month: Pink-footed Goose, Eurasian Skylark, Kestrel and Golden Plover and 11 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Falkirk’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 82 birds in September
82 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.14% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.68% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.97% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.82% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.61% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.26% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.16% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.06% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.91% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.86% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.86% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.86% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.86% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.81% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.76% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.76% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.66% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.66% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.66% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.61% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.55% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.55% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.50% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.45% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.40% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.40% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.40% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.40% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.40% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.35% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.35% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.35% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.35% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.30% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.30% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.30% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.30% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Sep · 0.30% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.30% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Sep · 0.25% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Sep · 0.25% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep · 0.25% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.25% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.25% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.25% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.20% 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