Birds to See in Shetland Islands in September
146 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
146 bird species on our list for Shetland Islands are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Common Starling, Meadow Pipit, European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow and Blackbird. New this month: Redwing, European Robin, Blackcap and Goldcrest and 42 more.
New in September46
- Redwing
- European Robin
- Blackcap
- Goldcrest
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Goldeneye
- Brambling
- Chaffinch
- Song Thrush
- Long-tailed Duck
- Jack Snipe
- House Martin
- Snow Bunting
- Dunnock
- Common Scoter
- Pink-footed Goose
- Reed Bunting
- Hawfinch
- Black Redstart
- Water Rail
- Ring Ouzel
- Bluethroat
- Northern Pintail
- Barnacle Goose
- Horned Grebe
- Greater Scaup
- Lapland Longspur
- Red Grouse
- Yellow Wagtail
- Short-eared Owl
- Common Pheasant
- Brent Goose
- Grey Plover
- Arctic Loon
- Pochard
- Little Stint
- Woodchat Shrike
- Jackdaw
- Hen Harrier
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Magpie
- European Turtle-dove
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- White-tailed Sea-eagle
Leaving after last month6
Residents
(45)Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Recorded all year
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly May–Oct
Summer visitors
(36)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Great Skua
Stercorarius skuaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Oct
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jan–Nov
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Sep
Red Grouse
Lagopus scoticaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Storm-petrel
Hydrobates pelagicusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Winter visitors
(21)Present outside the breeding season
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Sep–May
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Recorded all year
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Jul–May
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Sep–Mar
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Sep–Jun
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Passage migrants
(43)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly May–Oct
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly May–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly May–Oct
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Aug–Nov
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly May–Oct
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Jun–Sep
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Calidris subruficollisVU
Regularly Sep
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Sep
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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