Birds to See in Meath in July
44 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
44 bird species on our list for Meath are recorded regularly in July. Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Rook, Barn Swallow, Jackdaw and Hooded Crow. New this month: Great Tit, Black-headed Gull, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Common Gull and 13 more.
New in July17
Leaving after last month7
Residents
(20)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Jul–May
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
Summer visitors
(17)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Aug
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Winter visitors
(2)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(5)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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