Birds in Meath
103 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Meath has 103 bird species recorded regularly there: 42 residents, 17 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 17 passage migrants and 23 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 8,238 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Meath in September
40 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Rook
Resident

Hooded Crow
Resident

Woodpigeon
Resident

European Robin
Resident

Jackdaw
Resident

Barn Swallow
Summer visitor

Eurasian Wren
Summer visitor

European Herring Gull
Resident
Arriving in September: Song Thrush, Eurasian Teal, Grey Wagtail.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Meath each month: most in August (57), fewest in November (23). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 103 birds on the list
Showing 1–23 of 103 species

Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year

European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year

Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year

Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year

Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year

Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year

Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
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Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Dec

Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year

Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Jan–Nov

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep

Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov

Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Jul–May

Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar

European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year

European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov

Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Dec–Mar

Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year

Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Nov–Jun

Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Jul–Mar

Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar

Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
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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