Birds to See in South Lanarkshire in September
68 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
68 bird species on our list for South Lanarkshire are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, European Robin and Magpie. New this month: Common Starling, Dunnock, House Sparrow and Meadow Pipit and 9 more.
Residents
(47)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year

Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year

Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year

European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year

Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year

Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year

Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year

Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year

Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year

Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year

Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year

Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year

Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year

Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year

Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Feb

Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year

European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year

Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year

Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year

European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year

Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year

Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year

Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year

Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year

Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan

Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year

Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year

Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year

Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jul–May

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year

Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan

Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year

Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Jun–Nov

Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–May

Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(15)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov

Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly May–Dec

Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct

Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov

Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Feb–Oct

Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec

House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Sep

Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec

Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(3)Present outside the breeding seasonPassage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migrationData: 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





