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
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Common LoonGavia immerScarceCommon66–91 cm
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaScarceCommon27–30 cm
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon31–33 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly May–Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly May–Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisScarceCommon65–80 cm
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaScarceCommon37–41 cm
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Jan
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