Birds to See in Wales in March
170 bird species on our list for Wales are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon and Blue Tit. New this month: Willow Warbler, Wheatear, Sand Martin and Manx Shearwater and 11 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Wales’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 170 birds in March
170 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.55% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.45% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.69% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.40% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.40% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.38% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.31% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.17% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.09% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.07% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.05% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentRare44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisRecords withheldRare46–61 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · records held back in Mar (protected)
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Mar
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 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