Birds to See in Westmeath in July
52 bird species on our list for Westmeath are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Woodpigeon, Rook, European Robin and Chaffinch. New this month: Tufted Duck and Treecreeper.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulAt their peak
From Westmeath’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 52 birds in July
52 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 4.74% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.26% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 3.16% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRegularly May–Mar · 3.04% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 3.04% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 2.92% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 2.80% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.80% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.31% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 2.31% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 2.31% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.07% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.07% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.95% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.95% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 1.95% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.82% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.82% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.58% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.58% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.46% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Feb · 1.46% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.46% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.34% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.22% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.22% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly May–Feb · 1.22% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 1.22% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.09% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.09% in Jul
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.09% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Feb · 1.09% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.09% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.09% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisSummer visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.97% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.97% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.85% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.85% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.73% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.73% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul · 0.73% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.61% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.36% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.36% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.36% in Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · records held back in Jul (protected)
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · records held back in Jul (protected)
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