Birds to See in Waterford in March
63 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
63 bird species on our list for Waterford are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Hooded Crow, Blackbird, Rook and European Herring Gull. New this month: Linnet, Chiffchaff, Red-billed Chough and Common Raven and 10 more.
Residents
(33)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly May–Mar
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Summer visitors
(15)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Winter visitors
(7)Present outside the breeding season
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Jan–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–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