Birds to See in Renfrewshire in March
81 bird species on our list for Renfrewshire are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, European Robin, Woodpigeon and Blue Tit. New this month: Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit, Mistle Thrush and Pink-footed Goose and 10 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Renfrewshire’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 81 birds in March
81 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.64% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.58% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.26% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.71% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.36% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.19% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.09% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.84% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.76% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.73% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.73% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.71% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.68% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.54% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.54% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.49% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.43% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.43% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.41% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.38% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.35% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.35% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.35% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.33% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.30% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.27% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.27% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.24% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.24% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.24% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.22% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.19% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusPassage migrantCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · records held back in Mar (protected)
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.08% 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