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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Meath in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 93, most common first
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly May–Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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