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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Westmeath in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 72, most common first
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly Dec–Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly May–Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly May–Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon29–37 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–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