Birds to See in Belfast in March
61 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
61 bird species on our list for Belfast are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, Magpie, European Robin, Woodpigeon and Hooded Crow. New this month: Ruff, Bar-tailed Godwit, Grey Wagtail and Buzzard and 8 more.
Residents
(35)Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Summer visitors
(12)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Winter visitors
(8)Present outside the breeding season
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Passage migrants
(5)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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