Birds to See in Carmarthenshire in March
92 bird species on our list for Carmarthenshire are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Blue Tit and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Blackcap, Sand Martin, Greenfinch and Red-billed Chough and 5 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Carmarthenshire’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 92 birds in March
92 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.90% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.54% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.51% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.50% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.06% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.98% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.85% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.83% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantCommon39–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.65% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.62% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.62% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.57% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.52% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.49% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.49% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar · 0.49% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.49% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.47% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.47% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.39% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.36% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.34% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.31% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.28% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.26% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.23% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.21% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.18% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.16% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.16% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 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