Birds to See in Kerry in March
82 bird species on our list for Kerry are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Rook and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Fulmar, Goldcrest, Rock Dove and Black-tailed Godwit and 16 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Kerry’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 82 birds in March
82 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.07% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.37% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.50% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.47% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.40% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.33% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.23% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.17% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.17% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.10% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.07% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.97% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.93% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.93% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.87% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.80% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.80% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.73% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.70% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.70% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.63% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.60% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.57% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.57% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.57% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.53% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.53% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.50% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.40% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantCommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.40% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.37% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.37% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.37% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.33% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.33% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.27% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.27% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantCommon43–54 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.23% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.20% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.17% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.17% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataScarceUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · records held back in Mar (protected)
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% 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