Birds to See in Somerset in March
139 bird species on our list for Somerset are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Carrion Crow, Blackbird and Blue Tit. New this month: Willow Warbler, Sand Martin, Wheatear and Garganey and 7 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From Somerset’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 139 birds in March
139 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.54% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.76% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.94% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.57% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.45% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.43% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.42% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.42% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorCommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.28% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.23% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.16% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.08% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.06% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Mar
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorRare32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentRare43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Mar–May · 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