Birds to See in Ukraine in September
184 bird species on our list for Ukraine are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Magpie, Pied Wagtail and Eurasian Tree Sparrow. New this month: Eurasian Siskin, Mistle Thrush, Common Gull and Eurasian Wigeon and 7 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Ukraine’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 184 birds in September
184 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.27% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.46% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.31% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.94% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.52% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.12% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.96% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.94% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.79% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.78% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.73% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.70% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.63% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.53% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.44% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.37% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.33% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.32% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.31% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.21% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.13% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Sep
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in Sep
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusSummer visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.06% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.04% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Sep
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantRare23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% 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