Birds to See in Fife in September
155 bird species on our list for Fife are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Robin and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Goldeneye, Pink-footed Goose, Mistle Thrush and Barnacle Goose and 12 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Fife’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 155 birds in September
155 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.07% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.35% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.93% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.87% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.85% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.83% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.80% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.79% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.77% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.71% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.69% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.52% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.47% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.46% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.44% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.36% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.36% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.31% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.31% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.28% in Sep
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.27% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.18% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.12% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.12% in Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Sep
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.08% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.08% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep · 0.07% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.06% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.05% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% 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