Birds to See in Meath in August
57 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
57 bird species on our list for Meath are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Rook, Barn Swallow, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw and Hooded Crow. New this month: Redshank, Curlew, Ruddy Turnstone and Coal Tit and 13 more.
Residents
(32)Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Aug–Sep
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jun–Jan
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–Jan
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Aug
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Summer visitors
(14)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Aug
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Aug
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug
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