Birds to See in Donegal in March
63 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
63 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 13 more.
New in March17
Residents
(28)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Summer visitors
(14)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Jan–Oct
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Winter visitors
(12)Present outside the breeding season
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Jul–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Nov–May
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Passage migrants
(9)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Mar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoidesLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Nov–Mar
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly 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