Birds to See in Wexford in March
115 bird species on our list for Wexford are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Rook and Great Cormorant. New this month: Sandwich Tern, Wheatear, Ruff and Little Gull and 8 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Wexford’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 115 birds in March
115 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.39% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.09% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.02% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.67% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.66% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.62% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.59% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.53% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.48% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.46% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.35% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.35% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.33% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentCommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiScarceUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.23% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.22% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.19% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.17% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.17% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Mar · 0.10% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.10% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.05% 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