Birds to See in Wales in September
191 bird species on our list for Wales are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon and Jackdaw. New this month: Red-throated Loon, Northern Pintail, Brent Goose and Common Loon and 15 more.
On the move in September
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At their peak
From Wales’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 191 birds in September
191 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.28% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.19% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.97% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.82% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.46% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.44% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.33% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.33% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.31% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.27% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.17% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.13% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentRare44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantRare19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisScarceRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesScarceRare23–27 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.01% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.00% 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