Birds to See in Perthshire and Kinross in March
102 bird species on our list for Perthshire and Kinross are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Chaffinch and Blue Tit. New this month: Chiffchaff, Osprey, Sand Martin and Northern Pintail and 10 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Perthshire and Kinross’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 102 birds in March
102 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.59% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.98% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.32% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.15% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.12% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.02% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.79% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.63% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.53% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.41% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.40% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.33% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.31% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentCommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.26% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.26% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.20% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.20% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.15% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.15% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · records held back in Mar (protected)
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.12% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.10% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.08% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.07% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.07% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Feb–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