Birds to See in Glasgow in September
64 bird species on our list for Glasgow are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Rock Dove, Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow. New this month: Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Stock Dove and Eurasian Jay and 6 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
From Glasgow’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 64 birds in September
64 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 7.91% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 6.96% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 6.65% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 6.47% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 5.84% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 5.56% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.84% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.69% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.66% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.60% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.57% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.49% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.43% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.37% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.32% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusSummer visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.29% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.29% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.20% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.20% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.17% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.11% 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