Birds to See in North Ayrshire in March
97 bird species on our list for North Ayrshire are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Magpie and Woodpigeon. New this month: Chiffchaff, Sand Martin, Hooded Crow and Wheatear and 5 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From North Ayrshire’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 97 birds in March
97 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 5.46% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.46% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 4.07% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.76% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.10% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.53% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.22% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.14% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.00% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.79% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.60% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.56% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.54% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.52% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.48% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.44% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.41% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.37% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.35% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.31% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.31% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.29% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.25% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.23% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.21% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.19% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.17% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · records held back in Mar (protected)
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.15% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.14% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · records held back in Mar (protected)
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 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