Birds to See in Leicestershire in March
104 bird species on our list for Leicestershire are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Carrion Crow, Blackbird and Blue Tit. New this month: Sand Martin, Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover and Barnacle Goose and 7 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From Leicestershire’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 104 birds in March
104 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.27% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.85% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.84% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.79% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.27% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.78% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.77% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.68% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.56% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.56% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.54% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.49% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.35% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.35% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Mar
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.24% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.11% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriSummer visitorUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentRare21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.04% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.02% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.02% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentRare37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantRare26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentRare50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.01% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 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