Birds to See in Anglesey in March
125 bird species on our list for Anglesey are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Blackbird and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Atlantic Puffin, Wheatear, Blackcap and Sand Martin and 9 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Anglesey’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 125 birds in March
125 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.24% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.72% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.28% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.23% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.12% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.10% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.02% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.96% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.57% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.52% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.47% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.47% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.45% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.42% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.42% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.42% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.37% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.33% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.32% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.29% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.27% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.27% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.24% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.24% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.23% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.22% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.20% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.18% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.15% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.10% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.08% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.08% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% 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