Birds to See in South Ayrshire in March
98 bird species on our list for South Ayrshire are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow and House Sparrow. New this month: Chiffchaff, Wheatear, Greenshank and Sand Martin and 2 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From South 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 98 birds in March
98 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 9.72% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 9.42% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 8.82% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 7.07% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 7.05% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 6.00% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 5.51% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.82% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.71% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.54% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.82% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.43% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 1.27% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.13% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.01% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.75% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.37% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.24% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.20% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.18% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.16% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
CootFulica atraPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorRare34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · records held back in Mar (protected)
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentRare40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentRare43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentRare58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · records held back in Mar (protected)
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% 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