Birds to See in Antrim in March
105 bird species on our list for Antrim are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Wren, Hooded Crow, European Robin, Chaffinch and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Wheatear, Blackcap, Eurasian Collared Dove and Chiffchaff and 13 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Antrim’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 105 birds in March
105 birds
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.82% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.20% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.89% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.89% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.87% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.84% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.82% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.82% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.75% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.49% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.47% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.42% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.36% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.35% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Mar · 0.33% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.29% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Mar
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.24% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.22% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Mar
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.15% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Mar
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar · 0.11% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.09% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · records held back in Mar (protected)
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.07% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.05% 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