Birds to See in Donegal in March
64 bird species on our list for Donegal are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Mallard and Eurasian Oystercatcher. New this month: Meadow Pipit, Common Starling, Northern Gannet and Eurasian Skylark and 14 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Donegal’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 64 birds in March
64 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.54% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly May–Mar · 2.05% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.83% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.71% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.71% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.60% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.48% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.37% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.37% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.37% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.37% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Nov–May · 1.26% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.26% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.14% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.14% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.03% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.03% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.03% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.91% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Mar · 0.80% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.80% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.80% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.80% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.68% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.68% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.68% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.68% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.57% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.57% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.57% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.57% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.57% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.57% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.46% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.46% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.46% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.46% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.46% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar · 0.34% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.34% 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