Birds to See in Wicklow in March
109 bird species on our list for Wicklow are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Willow Warbler, Sand Martin, Sandwich Tern and Wheatear and 7 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From Wicklow’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 109 birds in March
109 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.10% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.29% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.89% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.85% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.71% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.62% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.55% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.55% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.53% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.37% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.24% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.22% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.21% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.20% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.19% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.12% in Mar
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.11% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.11% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.09% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.04% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% 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