Birds to See in Moray in March
101 bird species on our list for Moray are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Common Gull and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Sandwich Tern, Chiffchaff, Horned Grebe and Grey Wagtail and 3 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From Moray’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 101 birds in March
101 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.23% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 2.38% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.03% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.44% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.32% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.09% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.00% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.91% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.74% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.62% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.59% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.56% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentCommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.53% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.50% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.50% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.47% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Mar · 0.26% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.24% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · records held back in Mar (protected)
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.21% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.21% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Mar · 0.15% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · records held back in Mar (protected)
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–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