Birds to See in Estonia in March
114 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in March43
- Pied Wagtail
- Great White Egret
- Common Crane
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Barnacle Goose
- Woodpigeon
- European Robin
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Song Thrush
- Gadwall
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Eurasian Teal
- Meadow Pipit
- Common Snipe
- Ringed Plover
- Reed Bunting
- Redshank
- Linnet
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Common Shelduck
- Hen Harrier
- Northern Pintail
- Curlew
- Kestrel
- Golden Plover
- Tundra Bean Goose
- Eider
- Arctic Loon
- Mistle Thrush
- Dunnock
- Redwing
- Tundra Swan
- Black Guillemot
- Green Sandpiper
- Eurasian Bittern
- Woodlark
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Red-necked Grebe
- Grey Partridge
- Pochard
- Tawny Owl
- Canada Goose
- Golden Eagle
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(48)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Mar–Oct
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Sep–May
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Recorded all year
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Jul–May
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Mar–May
Parrot Crossbill
Loxia pytyopsittacusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
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