Birds to See in North Lanarkshire in September
38 bird species on our list for North Lanarkshire are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Jackdaw. New this month: Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Greylag Goose and Tufted Duck and 9 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From North Lanarkshire’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 38 birds in September
38 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 6.17% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 5.32% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 5.32% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 5.15% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.95% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.95% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.77% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.77% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 3.60% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 3.26% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.92% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.23% in Sep
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorCommonRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.23% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.06% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.89% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.89% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 1.89% in Sep
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.72% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.54% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.37% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.37% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.20% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.03% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.86% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.86% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.69% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.69% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.69% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.69% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.69% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.51% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.51% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.51% 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