Birds to See in England in March
208 bird species on our list for England are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit and Blackbird. New this month: Sand Martin, Wheatear, Sandwich Tern and Little Ringed Plover and 8 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From England’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 208 birds in March
208 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.62% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.67% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.38% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.29% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.08% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.04% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentRare28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Mar
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentRare37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorRare17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentRare66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorRare58–77 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorRare39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensResidentRare69–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorRare51–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusResidentRare100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentRare23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaWinter visitorUncommon50–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorRare58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorRare35–43 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantRare11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleWinter visitorRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictusWinter visitorRare90–105 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.00% 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