Birds to See in Midlothian in March
87 bird species on our list for Midlothian are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Mallard, Jackdaw and Chaffinch. New this month: Chiffchaff, Sand Martin, Common Snipe and Red-legged Partridge and 5 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Midlothian’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 87 birds in March
87 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.54% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.45% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 2.43% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.26% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 1.42% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.36% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.19% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.86% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.71% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.66% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.66% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.63% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.49% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.39% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.29% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.29% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentCommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.15% in Mar
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaWinter visitorCommon37–42 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.15% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.09% 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