Birds to See in Anglesey in September
118 bird species on our list for Anglesey are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, Eurasian Oystercatcher and European Robin. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Brent Goose, Northern Pintail and Red-throated Loon and 10 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Anglesey’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 118 birds in September
118 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.06% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.40% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.64% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.62% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.14% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.00% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.99% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.93% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.81% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.77% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.57% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.48% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.46% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.46% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.38% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.28% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.28% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.28% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.26% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.25% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.24% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.20% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.15% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.11% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% 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