Birds to See in Conwy in March
103 bird species on our list for Conwy are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Blackbird and Blue Tit. New this month: Wheatear, Sand Martin, Sandwich Tern and Reed Bunting and 3 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From Conwy’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 103 birds in March
103 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.77% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.90% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.51% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.38% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.36% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.28% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.06% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.87% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.76% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.67% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.60% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.57% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.48% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.41% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.40% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.38% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.36% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.36% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.36% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.36% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.30% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.30% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.29% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.27% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.27% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.27% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.25% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.25% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.21% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.19% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.19% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.19% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.17% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.17% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.16% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.16% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.13% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.13% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.08% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% 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