Birds to See in Gwynedd in March
107 bird species on our list for Gwynedd are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, European Robin and Blue Tit. New this month: Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap and Wheatear and 20 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Gwynedd’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 107 birds in March
107 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.97% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.68% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.03% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.76% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.40% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.02% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.02% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.99% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.90% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.77% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.70% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.68% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.54% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.50% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.45% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.34% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.34% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.29% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.29% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.27% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.25% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.25% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.25% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.20% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.20% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.18% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.16% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.07% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% 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