Birds to See in Finland in March
128 bird species on our list for Finland are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Blue Tit, Magpie and Blackbird. New this month: Black-headed Gull, Northern Lapwing, Redwing and Canada Goose and 38 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Finland’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 128 birds in March
128 birds
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 5.86% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 5.85% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.94% in Mar
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.54% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 2.11% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.01% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.86% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.59% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.35% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.89% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.82% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.77% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.75% in Mar
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantCommon68–88 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.72% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.42% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.35% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.32% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.31% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.30% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in Mar
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.20% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.14% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Mar
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.11% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.11% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.08% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusResidentUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.07% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Mar
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorUncommon60–87 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.01% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantRare46–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantRare60–66 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.01% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 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