Birds to See in United Kingdom in March
212 bird species on our list for United Kingdom are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Blackbird and Blue Tit. New this month: Sand Martin, Sandwich Tern, Wheatear and Little Ringed Plover and 6 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From United Kingdom’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 212 birds in March
212 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.56% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.64% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.16% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Mar (protected)
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.04% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentRare37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentRare28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorRare17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorRare51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorRare66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorRare58–77 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensResidentRare69–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusResidentRare100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentRare23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorRare58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.00% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorRare35–43 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorRare68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.00% in Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantRare11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 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