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
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisSummer visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaScarceCommon34–38 cm
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaScarceCommon26–29 cm
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep
Common GullLarus canusScarceCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jan–Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusScarceCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly 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