Birds to See in South Lanarkshire in March
63 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
63 bird species on our list for South Lanarkshire are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Jackdaw and European Robin. New this month: Eurasian Oystercatcher, Sand Martin, Chiffchaff and Pied Wagtail and 8 more.
Residents
(43)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jul–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Summer visitors
(13)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Jul
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Feb–Oct
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Winter visitors
(6)Present outside the breeding season
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Aug–May
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Passage migrants
(1)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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