Birds to See in Norfolk in March
175 bird species on our list for Norfolk are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit, European Robin and Carrion Crow. New this month: Blackcap, Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover and Sand Martin and 8 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Norfolk’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 175 birds in March
175 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.15% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.60% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.56% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.20% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.17% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.07% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantRare66–94 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.02% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.00% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixPassage migrantRare44–51 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.00% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorRare54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 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