Birds to See in Monmouthshire in March
65 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
65 bird species on our list for Monmouthshire are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon and Great Tit. New this month: Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Sand Martin and Eurasian Siskin and 5 more.
New in March9
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(46)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Summer visitors
(11)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Feb–Oct
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Winter visitors
(6)Present outside the breeding season
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Passage migrants
(2)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