Birds to See in Westmeath in September
51 bird species on our list for Westmeath are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Rook, Barn Swallow, Woodpigeon and Jackdaw. New this month: Chaffinch, Mute Swan, Common Starling and Lesser Black-backed Gull and 31 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At 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 51 birds in September
51 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 5.43% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.86% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 4.71% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.43% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRegularly May–Mar · 4.29% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 4.29% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 3.86% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 3.43% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 3.00% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.86% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 2.86% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.71% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.43% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly Dec–Sep · 2.43% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.29% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.86% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.71% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.71% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.71% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.57% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.43% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly May–Feb · 1.43% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.43% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Dec · 1.29% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.29% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.00% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 1.00% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.86% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.86% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.86% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.86% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.86% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.71% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.71% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep · 0.71% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.71% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.71% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.57% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.57% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep · 0.57% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.57% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.57% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.43% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep · 0.43% in Sep
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.43% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.43% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.43% in 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