Birds to See in Worcestershire in March
108 bird species on our list for Worcestershire are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Carrion Crow, Blackbird and Blue Tit. New this month: Sand Martin, Little Ringed Plover, Redshank and Black-tailed Godwit and 4 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From Worcestershire’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 108 birds in March
108 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.60% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.77% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 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 · 2.13% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.86% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.92% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.87% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.76% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.67% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.51% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.34% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.30% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.21% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.07% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorRare37–40 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.03% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Mar · 0.02% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 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