Birds to See in Dublin in March
120 bird species on our list for Dublin are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon and European Robin. New this month: Sandwich Tern, Sand Martin, Willow Warbler and Manx Shearwater and 5 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From Dublin’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 120 birds in March
120 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.51% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.97% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.91% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.90% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.83% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.47% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.74% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.57% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.45% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.41% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.38% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.31% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.17% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.15% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.14% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.03% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Mar
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% 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