Birds to See in Buckinghamshire in March
111 bird species on our list for Buckinghamshire are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Magpie, Blue Tit and Carrion Crow. New this month: Blackcap, Sand Martin, Little Ringed Plover and Wheatear and 4 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From Buckinghamshire’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 111 birds in March
111 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.48% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 5.34% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.64% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.45% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.39% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.14% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.78% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.89% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.56% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.44% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.44% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.38% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.35% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.25% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.14% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.13% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.11% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.10% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentRare50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.03% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorRare37–40 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantRare69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · records held back in Mar (protected)
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentRare53–57 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% 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