Birds to See in Rhondda, Cynon, Taff in March
56 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
56 bird species on our list for Rhondda, Cynon, Taff are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Blackbird, European Robin and Blue Tit. New this month: Chiffchaff, European Herring Gull, Eurasian Jay and Little Grebe and 13 more.
New in March17
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(34)Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Mar
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Nov–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Oct–May
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Mar
Summer visitors
(9)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Winter visitors
(11)Present outside the breeding season
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–May
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