Birds to See in Finland in March
128 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in March42
- Black-headed Gull
- Northern Lapwing
- Redwing
- Canada Goose
- Barnacle Goose
- Common Crane
- Meadow Pipit
- Greylag Goose
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Great Crested Grebe
- Common Snipe
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Coot
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Taiga Bean Goose
- Ringed Plover
- Eider
- Common Scoter
- Mistle Thrush
- Golden Plover
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Tundra Bean Goose
- Pochard
- Merlin
- Eurasian Bittern
- Water Rail
- Moorhen
- Common Shelduck
- Black Guillemot
- Pink-footed Goose
- Tundra Swan
- Razorbill
- Woodlark
- Rock Pipit
- Lapland Longspur
- Grey Wagtail
- Red-breasted Goose
- King Eider
- Cackling Goose
- Stonechat
- Red Kite
Leaving after last month1
Residents
(32)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Recorded all year
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Recorded all year
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Recorded all year
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Summer visitors
(51)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Mar–Nov
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Mar–Dec
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Winter visitors
(35)Present outside the breeding season
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Parrot Crossbill
Loxia pytyopsittacusLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Passage migrants
(10)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–May
Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Red-breasted Goose
Branta ruficollisVU
Regularly Oct–May
Cackling Goose
Branta hutchinsiiLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–May
King Eider
Somateria spectabilisLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Mar–May
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