Birds to See in Westmeath in October
23 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
23 bird species on our list for Westmeath are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Rook, European Robin, Chaffinch, Common Starling and Hooded Crow. New this month: Little Grebe.
New in October1
Leaving after last month29
- Barn Swallow
- Pied Wagtail
- Eurasian Wren
- Blue Tit
- Dunnock
- Mistle Thrush
- House Sparrow
- Moorhen
- Great Tit
- European Herring Gull
- House Martin
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Sand Martin
- Reed Bunting
- Great Cormorant
- Meadow Pipit
- Rock Dove
- Coot
- Coal Tit
- Chiffchaff
- Long-tailed Tit
- Common Pheasant
- Common Snipe
- Sparrowhawk
- Linnet
- Eurasian Jay
- Treecreeper
- Common Kingfisher
- Common Redpoll
Residents
(13)Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Sep–Dec
Summer visitors
(10)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly May–Feb
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