Birds to See in Denmark in March
175 bird species on our list for Denmark are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Woodpigeon, Great Tit, Blackbird and Blue Tit. New this month: Chiffchaff, Pied Wagtail, Song Thrush and Linnet and 21 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Denmark’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 175 birds in March
175 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.89% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.21% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.07% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.81% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.49% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.44% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.43% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.38% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.37% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.30% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.25% in Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.19% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.15% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.14% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Mar
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.11% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.06% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.05% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.04% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorRare37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.02% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantRare65–80 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantRare46–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorRare55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.01% in Mar
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
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