Birds to See in Armagh in March
35 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in March2
Leaving after last month24
Residents
(29)Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Nov–Sep
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly May–Mar
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(3)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(1)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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