Birds to See in Powys in September
89 bird species on our list for Powys are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon and Red Kite. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, Tawny Owl and Common Snipe and 5 more.
On the move in September
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At their peak
From Powys’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 89 birds in September
89 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 5.36% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.14% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.03% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.74% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.06% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.52% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.23% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.87% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.79% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.61% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorCommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.61% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.40% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.40% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.40% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.36% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.36% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.32% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorCommon30–36 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.32% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.29% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.29% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.25% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.25% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.25% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.22% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.18% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantCommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.18% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.14% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusScarceUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% 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