Birds to See in Dumfries and Galloway in March
106 bird species on our list for Dumfries and Galloway are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Chaffinch, Carrion Crow, European Robin and Woodpigeon. New this month: Chiffchaff, Northern Gannet, Linnet and Kittiwake and 2 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From Dumfries and Galloway’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 106 birds in March
106 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.74% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.23% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.11% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.09% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.85% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.80% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.71% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.66% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.52% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.47% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.38% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.35% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.28% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.26% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.26% in Mar
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.21% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.17% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.14% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.14% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.09% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 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