Birds to See in Warwickshire in March
113 bird species on our list for Warwickshire are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit and Carrion Crow. New this month: Blackcap, Sand Martin, Little Ringed Plover and Redshank and 8 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Warwickshire’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 113 birds in March
113 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.70% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.96% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.86% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.76% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.74% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.54% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.49% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.43% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.39% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.38% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.30% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.29% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.27% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.27% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.21% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.05% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.04% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentRare48–56 cmRegularly Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentRare50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.02% 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