Birds to See in West Dunbartonshire in September
43 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
43 bird species on our list for West Dunbartonshire are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit and Jackdaw. New this month: Common Merganser, Eurasian Collared Dove, Moorhen and Common Gull and 6 more.
Residents
(28)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Summer visitors
(11)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Jan–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Winter visitors
(2)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(2)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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