Birds to See in Angus in March
107 bird species on our list for Angus are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, European Herring Gull, European Robin and Eurasian Oystercatcher. New this month: Chiffchaff, Sand Martin, Northern Gannet and Kittiwake and 11 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From Angus’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 107 birds in March
107 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.00% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.67% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.42% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.34% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.02% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.94% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.94% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.83% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.73% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.65% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.62% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.58% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.58% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.58% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.54% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.47% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.47% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.47% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.47% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.44% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.36% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.36% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.33% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.33% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.33% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · records held back in Mar (protected)
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.25% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.25% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar · 0.22% in Mar
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.22% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.18% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.18% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar · 0.15% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerScarceUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · records held back in Mar (protected)
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