Birds to See in Meath in September
40 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
40 bird species on our list for Meath are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Rook, Hooded Crow, European Robin, Woodpigeon and Jackdaw. New this month: Song Thrush, Eurasian Teal and Grey Wagtail.
New in September3
Residents
(20)Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Jul–May
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Aug–Sep
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Summer visitors
(12)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(4)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