Birds to See in Derry in March
38 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
38 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.
New in March18
Leaving after last month6
Residents
(13)Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(21)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Jan–Sep
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Sep
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Passage migrants
(4)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