Birds to See in Meath in March
36 bird species on our list for Meath are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit and Great Tit. New this month: Dipper, Common Scoter, Song Thrush and Great Spotted Woodpecker and 5 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From Meath’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 36 birds in March
36 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.88% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.30% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.10% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly Jul–May · 3.52% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 3.32% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 3.13% in Mar
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorCommon44–46 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 3.13% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 2.54% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.15% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.95% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.76% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.76% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.76% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.56% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.37% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 1.37% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 1.17% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.98% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.98% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.98% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.78% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.78% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Mar · 0.78% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.78% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantCommon43–54 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.59% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.59% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.59% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · records held back in Mar (protected)
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · records held back in Mar (protected)
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