Birds to See in Conwy in September
108 bird species on our list for Conwy are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, European Robin and Eurasian Oystercatcher. New this month: Red-breasted Merganser, Red-throated Loon, Common Shelduck and Pochard and 13 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Conwy’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 108 birds in September
108 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.00% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.54% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.33% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.15% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.03% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.03% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.82% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.79% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.70% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.70% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.64% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.64% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.55% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.55% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.51% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.48% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.48% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.42% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.39% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.36% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaScarceUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.36% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.36% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.33% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.33% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.33% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.30% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.30% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.27% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.27% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.27% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.27% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.24% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.15% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.15% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.12% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.12% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.09% 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