Birds to See in Fife in March
131 bird species on our list for Fife are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, European Herring Gull, European Robin and Blackbird. New this month: Chiffchaff, Sand Martin, Atlantic Puffin and Northern Shoveler and 5 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Fife’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 131 birds in March
131 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.12% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.49% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.14% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.01% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.82% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.61% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.46% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.45% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.44% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.26% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.21% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.20% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.17% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.10% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.08% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.07% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.07% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Mar
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · records held back in Mar (protected)
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.04% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · records held back in Mar (protected)
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 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