Birds to See in East Dunbartonshire in March
44 bird species on our list for East Dunbartonshire are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow and Mallard. New this month: Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit, Treecreeper and Northern Shoveler.
On the move in March
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From East Dunbartonshire’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 44 birds in March
44 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.62% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.52% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.37% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.21% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.74% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 3.59% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Mar
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRegularly Jul–May · 3.43% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 3.12% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–May · 2.65% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 2.34% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 2.18% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.03% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–May · 2.03% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.87% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.87% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.72% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.72% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.56% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.56% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.40% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–May · 1.40% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 1.40% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.25% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.09% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.09% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.94% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.94% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.94% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.94% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.94% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.94% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.78% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.78% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.78% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.62% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.62% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.62% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.47% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.47% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.47% 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