Birds to See in West Dunbartonshire in September
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.
On the move in September
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At their peak
From West Dunbartonshire’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 43 birds in September
43 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 5.56% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.96% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.96% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.51% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.91% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.76% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly May–Mar · 3.61% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.16% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 2.26% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.26% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 2.11% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.11% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.95% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.65% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.65% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.65% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.65% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.50% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.50% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.35% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.20% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.05% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.05% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.05% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.75% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.75% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.75% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.60% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.60% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.60% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.60% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.60% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.45% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.45% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.45% 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