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
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusScarceCommon140–165 cm
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisScarceCommon16–17 cm
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaScarceCommon26–29 cm
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusScarceCommon28–31 cm
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantCommon87–100 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleScarceCommon30–32 cm
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisScarceCommon22–27 cm
KestrelFalco tinnunculusScarceCommon32–39 cm
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusScarceCommon34–58 cm
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataScarceCommon48–60 cm
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaScarceCommon12–13 cm
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoScarceCommon25–27 cm
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