Birds to See in Ceredigion in September
114 bird species on our list for Ceredigion are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, Blue Tit and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Eurasian Skylark, Eurasian Wigeon, Water Rail and Razorbill and 8 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Ceredigion’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 114 birds in September
114 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.60% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.74% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.72% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.64% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.16% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.14% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.94% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.92% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.87% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.75% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.72% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.65% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.58% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.58% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.58% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.56% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.53% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.51% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.48% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.46% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.41% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.39% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantCommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.39% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.36% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.34% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.31% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentUncommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.29% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.27% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.27% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.24% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.24% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.22% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.17% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.17% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.14% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.12% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.10% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% 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