Birds to See in Carmarthenshire in March
91 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
91 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 4 more.
Residents
(62)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Mar
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(19)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Oct–Jun
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Passage migrants
(5)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