Birds to See in East Lothian in March
126 bird species on our list for East Lothian are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Mallard. New this month: Chiffchaff, Sand Martin, Wheatear and Little Gull and 6 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From East Lothian’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
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.65% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.44% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.18% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.08% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.00% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.66% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.57% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.52% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentUncommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.32% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.30% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.28% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.21% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.17% in Mar
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Mar · 0.15% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerResidentUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentRare23–28 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusScarceRare41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 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