Birds to See in Argyll and Bute in March
126 bird species on our list for Argyll and Bute are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Hooded Crow, Common Gull and Mallard. New this month: Wheatear, Sand Martin, Atlantic Puffin and Chiffchaff and 9 more.
On the move in March
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From Argyll and Bute’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 126 birds in March
126 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.54% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.52% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Mar (protected)
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.22% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.07% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.06% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.98% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.94% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.92% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentCommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Mar (protected)
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.55% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.51% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.42% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.42% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.42% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxWinter visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.40% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.37% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.34% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.25% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.23% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.21% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.14% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.14% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.11% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Mar
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.07% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–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