Birds to See in Scottish Borders in March
99 bird species on our list for Scottish Borders are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, European Robin and Blue Tit. New this month: Chiffchaff, Pied Wagtail, Kittiwake and Wheatear and 14 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Scottish Borders’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 99 birds in March
99 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.83% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.95% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.53% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.29% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.23% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.88% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.78% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.75% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.75% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.67% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.62% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.62% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.51% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.51% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.51% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.48% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.48% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.46% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.46% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.46% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.43% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.43% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.40% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.37% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.37% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.35% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.29% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.27% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.24% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.24% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Mar
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaSummer visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.19% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.11% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.11% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentCommon37–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · records held back in Mar (protected)
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · records held back in Mar (protected)
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · records held back in Mar (protected)
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusScarceUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · records held back in Mar (protected)
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · records held back in Mar (protected)
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 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