Birds to See in South Ayrshire in September
100 bird species on our list for South Ayrshire are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Jackdaw, Rook, European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon. New this month: Eurasian Skylark, Pink-footed Goose, Northern Lapwing and Eurasian Teal and 5 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From South Ayrshire’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 100 birds in September
100 birds
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 10.65% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 9.90% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 7.34% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 6.83% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 6.44% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 6.41% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 5.20% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.40% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.35% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.33% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.13% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.89% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.84% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.77% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.68% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.40% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.34% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.19% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.12% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.09% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.07% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.04% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorRare34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.03% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantRare40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentRare43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentRare16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.01% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentRare44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentRare45–50 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentRare40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% 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