Birds to See in Laois in March
34 bird species on our list for Laois are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Woodcock, Blackbird, Chaffinch, European Robin and Great Tit. New this month: Woodpigeon, European Robin, Rook and Eurasian Wren and 24 more.
On the move in March
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From Laois’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 34 birds in March
34 birds
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 5.85% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 5.54% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 5.54% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 4.92% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly Aug–Mar · 4.62% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 4.31% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 4.00% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 3.69% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 3.08% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 3.08% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.08% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.08% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 2.77% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.77% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.46% in Mar
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorCommon44–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.46% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 2.46% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.15% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.15% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.15% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.15% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 2.15% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 1.85% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 1.85% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.85% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.85% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 1.54% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.54% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar · 1.23% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.23% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.23% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar · 0.92% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar · 0.92% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.92% 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