Birds to See in Mayo in March
84 bird species on our list for Mayo are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Robin, Common Gull, European Herring Gull and Jackdaw. New this month: Wheatear, Fieldfare, Chiffchaff and Eurasian Siskin and 3 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Mayo’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 84 birds in March
84 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.96% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.85% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.55% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.44% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.39% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.57% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.40% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.40% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.33% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.19% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.13% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.02% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.99% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.95% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.85% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.82% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.82% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.78% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.75% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.72% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.72% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.65% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.61% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.55% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.48% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.48% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.44% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.44% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.41% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.38% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.38% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.34% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.34% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.31% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.31% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.31% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.27% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.24% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.24% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesPassage migrantUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.20% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.20% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.17% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiScarceUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% 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