Birds to See in Newport in September
97 bird species on our list for Newport are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Mallard, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, Magpie and Mute Swan. New this month: Song Thrush, Avocet, Mistle Thrush and Grey Plover and 4 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Newport’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 97 birds in September
97 birds
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.26% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.14% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.36% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.13% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.01% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.98% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.98% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.80% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.75% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.73% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.68% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.65% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.60% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.58% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.53% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.53% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.53% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.50% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.35% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.35% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.33% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.30% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.28% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.28% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.25% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.15% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.08% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% 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