Birds to See in Armagh in March
35 bird species on our list for Armagh are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Mallard and Pochard. New this month: Great Black-backed Gull and Eurasian Collared Dove.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Armagh’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 35 birds in March
35 birds
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 2.69% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 2.53% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 2.37% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 2.37% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.22% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 2.06% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 1.90% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.90% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.90% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.90% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.74% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.74% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.58% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.58% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.58% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 1.42% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.27% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.27% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.11% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.95% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.95% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.63% 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