Birds to See in Munster in March
136 bird species on our list for Munster are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, European Robin, Hooded Crow, Blackbird and Jackdaw. New this month: Willow Warbler, Sandwich Tern, Manx Shearwater and Sand Martin and 5 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Munster’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 136 birds in March
136 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.91% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.59% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.38% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.18% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.10% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.02% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.94% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.51% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.38% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.35% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.35% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.10% in Mar
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% 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