Birds to See in Meath in August
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.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Meath’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 57 birds in August
57 birds
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 5.59% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 5.27% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.73% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.98% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.66% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.55% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.80% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 2.69% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.47% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.26% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 1.94% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 1.83% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 1.83% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.83% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.83% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.83% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.83% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.72% in Aug
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorCommon44–46 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.72% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 1.51% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 1.51% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly May–Feb · 1.40% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.29% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 1.29% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 1.29% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 1.29% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug · 1.18% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.18% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.08% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.08% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.08% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly Jul–May · 1.08% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 1.08% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.97% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.97% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.86% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantCommon87–100 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.86% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.75% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.75% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.75% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.75% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.65% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.65% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.54% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.54% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.43% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug · 0.43% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRegularly Aug · 0.43% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.32% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.32% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.32% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.32% in 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