Birds to See in Estonia in March
114 bird species on our list for Estonia are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Eurasian Skylark, European Herring Gull and Blackbird. New this month: Pied Wagtail, Great White Egret, Common Crane and Eurasian Wigeon and 39 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Estonia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 114 birds in March
114 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.06% in Mar
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 3.61% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 2.74% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.50% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.07% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.55% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.50% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.47% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.27% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.22% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.11% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.75% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.67% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.66% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.65% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.64% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantCommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.62% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.58% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.55% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.54% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.53% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.52% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.49% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.48% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.47% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.42% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.41% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.40% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.39% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.38% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.33% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.32% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.31% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.31% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.30% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.30% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Mar
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.28% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.28% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.26% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.16% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.16% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Mar
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantUncommon60–87 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.13% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.12% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Mar
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.08% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantCommon41–52 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.06% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% 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