Birds to See in Wiltshire in March
115 bird species on our list for Wiltshire are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, European Robin, Blue Tit and Chaffinch. New this month: Willow Warbler, Green Sandpiper, Sand Martin and Wheatear and 8 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Wiltshire’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 115 birds in March
115 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.73% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.23% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.99% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.81% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.58% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.78% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.71% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.60% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.52% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.42% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.20% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.16% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.16% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.14% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.11% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.07% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.07% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.05% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Mar (protected)
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.03% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · records held back in Mar (protected)
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