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To the right of the frame, a swallow-like Tree Martin is perched on a tree trunk, preparing for take-off. To its left, a Tree Martin in mid-flight looks towards the camera, against a pale blue sky background.
Photographed by Jonathan Tickner
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Birds to look out for in March

Sunday, 1 March 2026

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Birds to look out for in March

What birds might you see this month? Here are a few to look out for…

Two brolgas in flight, silhouetted against an orange sunset.
Brolgas in flight. Photo by Rebecca Harvey
  • Swift Parrots and Orange-bellied Parrots arriving on the Australian mainland
  • Tree Martins leaving Tasmania  
  • Dollarbirds and Eastern Koels departing from NSW  
  • Departure of Pied Imperial-Pigeons from Wet Tropics of Queensland  
  • Departure of Sharp-tailed Sandpipers from southern mainland Australia  
  • Large congregations of waterfowl in coastal and near-coastal wetlands  
  • Brolgas flocking to wetlands in south-west Vic and south-east SA
  • Powerful Owls courting and calling to eachother in south-eastern Australia
  • The last of the White-throated Needletails and Fork-tailed Swifts in southern Australia .

Interesting historical records:

4/3/2007   Collared Petrel | off Norfolk Island |  1st record for Australia  

4/3/2009   Chinese Pond Heron | off Scott Reef, WA | 4th record for Australia  

14/3/1992   Spotted Redshank | Springvale, VIC |  1st record for Victoria  

18/3/1962   Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Altona, VIC |  1st record for Australia  

23/3/1985   Sabine’s Gull |  off Wollongong, NSW |  1st record for NSW  

28/3/2010   New Zealand Storm-Petrel off Port Stephens, NSW |  1st record for Australia