Birds to See in Galway in March
119 bird species on our list for Galway are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Black-headed Gull, European Robin and Mallard. New this month: Willow Warbler, Sand Martin, Chiffchaff and Manx Shearwater and 4 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Galway’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 119 birds in March
119 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.60% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.75% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.63% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.21% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.18% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.16% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.00% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.86% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.77% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.71% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.47% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.36% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.29% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.27% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.19% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.15% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.13% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.13% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.10% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar · 0.08% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Mar
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