Birds to See in Limerick in March
30 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
30 bird species on our list for Limerick are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Hooded Crow and Buzzard. New this month: Chiffchaff, Little Egret, Eurasian Collared Dove and Eurasian Oystercatcher and 1 more.
Residents
(21)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year

Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep

Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year

Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year

Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Oct–May

Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year

Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year

Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year

Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year

Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year

Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year

Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year

Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year

Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Dec–Sep

Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year

Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly May–Mar

Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Sep–Mar

Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar

European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Summer visitors
(4)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winterWinter visitors
(2)Present outside the breeding seasonPassage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migrationData: 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








