Birds to See in Pembrokeshire in September
147 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
147 bird species on our list for Pembrokeshire are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Barn Swallow, Jackdaw, European Herring Gull and Red-billed Chough. New this month: Red-throated Loon, Merlin, Eurasian Wigeon and Mistle Thrush and 21 more.
New in September25
- Red-throated Loon
- Merlin
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Mistle Thrush
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Dipper
- Common Redstart
- Grey Plover
- Little Gull
- Purple Sandpiper
- Firecrest
- Brent Goose
- Common Redpoll
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Great White Egret
- Dotterel
- Little Ringed Plover
- Common Rosefinch
- Leach's Storm-petrel
- Hobby
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Little Stint
- Roseate Tern
- Grey Phalarope
- Yellow-browed Warbler
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(53)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Recorded all year
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Summer visitors
(36)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
European Storm-petrel
Hydrobates pelagicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Winter visitors
(27)Present outside the breeding season
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Passage migrants
(31)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Jul–Nov
Great Skua
Stercorarius skuaLC
Regularly Aug–Nov
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Dotterel
Eudromias morinellusLC
Regularly Sep
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Balearic Shearwater
Puffinus mauretanicusCR
Regularly Jul–Oct
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Sep
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabiniLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Leach's Storm-petrel
Hydrobates leucorhousVU
Regularly Sep
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudusLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Aug–Nov
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Aug–Oct
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Sep
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Sep
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougalliiLC
Regularly Sep
Grey Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicariusLC
Regularly Sep
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Sep
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly 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