Birds to See in Meath in September
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.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
From Meath’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 40 birds in September
40 birds
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 7.28% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 5.51% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.92% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.92% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 4.33% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 4.13% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 3.15% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 2.36% in Sep
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorCommon44–46 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.17% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.17% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 1.97% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 1.77% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 1.77% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.77% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 1.57% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.57% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.57% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.57% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.57% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.38% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.38% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.18% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.18% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly May–Feb · 1.18% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly Jul–May · 1.18% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly May–Feb · 1.18% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 1.18% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.98% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.98% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.98% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.98% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.98% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.79% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantCommon87–100 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.79% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.59% in Sep
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