Birds to See in Derry in March
40 bird species on our list for Derry are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Great Cormorant, Black-headed Gull, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Pied Wagtail. New this month: European Herring Gull, Eurasian Wren, Ruddy Turnstone and Hooded Crow and 14 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
Leaving soon
From Derry’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 40 birds in March
40 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 6.56% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 4.84% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 4.06% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 4.06% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 4.06% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 3.75% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 2.81% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 2.50% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.34% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.19% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 2.03% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 2.03% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.88% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.72% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.56% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.56% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.41% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.25% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.25% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.25% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.09% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.09% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.94% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.94% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.94% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.94% in Mar
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorCommonRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.94% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.78% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.78% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.63% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · records held back in Mar (protected)
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · records held back in Mar (protected)
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.47% 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