Common Birds in Meath
Our list for Meath has 93 common birds recorded regularly there: 41 residents, 17 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 16 passage migrants and 15 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Meath in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 93, most common first
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorCommon44–46 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon12–12 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jul–May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantCommon43–54 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
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