Birds to See in Perthshire and Kinross in September
95 bird species on our list for Perthshire and Kinross are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw and Chaffinch. New this month: Pink-footed Goose, Pochard, Northern Pintail and Greater Scaup.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Perthshire and Kinross’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 95 birds in September
95 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.60% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.73% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.46% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.78% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.69% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.80% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.41% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.22% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.87% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.81% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.64% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.54% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.45% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.43% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.37% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.35% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.31% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentCommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.27% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.21% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.21% in Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.19% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.17% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.12% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% 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