Birds to See in East Ayrshire in March
39 bird species on our list for East Ayrshire are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, European Herring Gull, Blackbird and Lesser Black-backed Gull. New this month: Jackdaw, Buzzard, House Sparrow and Coal Tit and 17 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From East Ayrshire’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 39 birds in March
39 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 5.23% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 4.04% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 3.56% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaSummer visitorCommon24–25 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 3.09% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 3.09% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 2.85% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 2.85% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 2.85% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.61% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.38% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.38% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 2.38% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 2.38% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.38% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 2.38% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 2.14% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 2.14% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 2.14% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 2.14% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 1.66% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 1.66% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.66% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 1.66% in Mar
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorCommonRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.66% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–May · 1.66% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 1.66% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 1.43% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.43% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 1.43% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 1.43% in Mar
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorCommon44–46 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.43% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.43% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.19% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 1.19% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.95% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.95% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.95% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.95% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.71% 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