Birds to See in Down in March
72 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
72 bird species on our list for Down are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, European Robin, Common Starling, Woodpigeon and Rock Dove. New this month: Grey Heron, Linnet, Ruddy Turnstone and Meadow Pipit and 18 more.
New in March22
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(49)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Sep–Jul
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Dec–Oct
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Dec–May
Summer visitors
(10)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Winter visitors
(5)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Nov–May
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Oct–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