Common Birds in Westmeath
Our list for Westmeath has 72 common birds recorded regularly there: 39 residents, 24 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 3 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Westmeath in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 72, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRegularly May–Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
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