Birds to See in Eilean Siar in March
82 bird species on our list for Eilean Siar are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull and Greylag Goose. New this month: Northern Gannet, Eurasian Skylark, Tufted Duck and Dunlin and 32 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Eilean Siar’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 82 birds in March
82 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.18% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 4.05% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Mar (protected)
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentCommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Mar (protected)
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.94% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.59% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.55% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.25% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.21% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.16% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.16% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.16% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.03% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.03% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.03% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.99% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.86% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.86% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.78% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.78% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.69% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.65% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.56% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.56% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.56% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.56% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.52% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.52% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.52% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.52% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.47% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.47% in Mar
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.43% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.39% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.39% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.34% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.30% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.30% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.26% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.26% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.22% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.22% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.22% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.22% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.17% in Mar
CootFulica atraSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.17% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% 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