Birds to See in North Lanarkshire in March
48 bird species on our list for North Lanarkshire are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon and Magpie. New this month: Great Crested Grebe, Redwing, Bullfinch and Fieldfare and 6 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From North Lanarkshire’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 48 birds in March
48 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 3.36% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.85% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 2.85% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 2.65% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 2.45% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Mar
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.34% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 2.34% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 2.24% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.14% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.04% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.83% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.83% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.83% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 1.73% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.73% in Mar
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorCommonRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.73% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.63% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.53% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.53% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.43% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.43% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.33% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 1.33% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 1.02% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.02% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.92% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.92% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.82% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.71% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.71% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.71% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.61% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.61% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.51% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.41% 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