Birds to See in Fermanagh in March
34 bird species on our list for Fermanagh are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Mute Swan, Mallard, Tufted Duck, European Robin and Great Crested Grebe. New this month: European Robin, Mallard, Mute Swan and Hooded Crow and 30 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Fermanagh’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 34 birds in March
34 birds
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 5.11% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 4.15% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 3.83% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.51% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.19% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.19% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 2.88% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.88% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.56% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 2.56% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Mar · 2.56% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 2.56% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 2.56% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 2.24% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar · 2.24% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 2.24% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar · 2.24% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.24% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.24% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 1.92% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 1.92% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 1.92% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.92% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.92% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.92% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar · 1.60% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar · 1.60% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–May · 1.28% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Mar · 1.28% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.28% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar · 1.28% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 1.28% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.96% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar · 0.96% 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