Birds to See in Pembrokeshire in March
113 bird species on our list for Pembrokeshire are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Oystercatcher, European Robin, Eurasian Skylark, Jackdaw and Chiffchaff. New this month: Barn Swallow, Wheatear, Blackcap and Willow Warbler and 18 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Pembrokeshire’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 113 birds in March
113 birds
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.15% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.93% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.91% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 1.84% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.83% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Mar
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.67% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.12% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.05% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.83% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.74% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.69% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.68% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.66% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.61% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.57% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.51% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.47% in Mar
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.46% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.39% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.37% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.37% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.34% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.32% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.30% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.27% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
CootFulica atraSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.19% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.19% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.17% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.17% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.15% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.08% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.07% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.05% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 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