Birds to See in Ireland in March
163 bird species on our list for Ireland are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Herring Gull, European Robin, Woodpigeon and Blackbird. New this month: Willow Warbler, Sandwich Tern, Sand Martin and Manx Shearwater and 5 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Ireland’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 163 birds in March
163 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.74% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.16% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.93% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.74% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.59% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.44% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.35% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.35% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.32% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.19% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentRare80–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.03% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorRare80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiScarceRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.02% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorRare58–77 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentRare66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorRare51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentRare37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantRare33–36 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.01% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentRare35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantRare23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesPassage migrantRare54–59 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.01% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantRare69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% 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