Birds to See in Pembrokeshire in September
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.
On the move in September
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At their peak
From Pembrokeshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 147 birds in September
147 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.14% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.95% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.17% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.13% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.11% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.00% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.92% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.84% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.83% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.83% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.80% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.77% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.65% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.65% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.64% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.61% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.61% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.56% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.49% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.47% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.46% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.44% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.42% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.41% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.41% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.35% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.29% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.28% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.27% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.25% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.24% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep · 0.18% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.16% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Sep
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Sep
CootFulica atraSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.12% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.08% in Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.07% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Sep
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Sep
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep · 0.03% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.03% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Sep · 0.02% 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