Birds to See in Bridgend in September
73 bird species on our list for Bridgend are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, Barn Swallow and Common Starling. New this month: Eurasian Skylark, Common Gull, Gadwall and Goldcrest and 6 more.
On the move in September
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At their peak
From Bridgend’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 73 birds in September
73 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.20% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 3.44% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.30% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.68% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.62% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 2.20% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 2.13% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.79% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.65% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.58% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.51% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.45% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.31% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.31% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.17% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.03% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.96% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.89% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.83% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.83% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.76% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep · 0.76% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.62% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.62% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.55% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.55% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.48% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.48% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep · 0.41% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.41% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.34% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.34% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.28% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.28% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep · 0.28% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.21% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.21% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantCommon87–100 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% 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