Birds to See in Meath in March
32 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
32 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: Common Scoter, Song Thrush, Ruddy Turnstone and Great Crested Grebe and 2 more.
Residents
(19)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Jul–May
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Summer visitors
(7)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Winter visitors
(3)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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