Birds to See in Westmeath in March
21 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
21 bird species on our list for Westmeath are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are Buzzard, Mute Swan, Black-headed Gull, Jackdaw and European Robin. New this month: Lesser Black-backed Gull, Mallard, Moorhen and Common Pheasant.
Residents
(15)Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly May–Mar
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(1)Present outside the breeding season
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