Birds to See in Germany in March
194 bird species on our list for Germany are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow. New this month: Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Barn Swallow and Western Marsh-harrier and 22 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Germany’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 194 birds in March
194 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.99% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.78% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.72% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.79% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusResidentCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.32% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.21% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.17% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.13% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentUncommon68–78 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentRare21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorRare14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorRare36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Mar
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Mar
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusSummer visitorRare120–145 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Mar
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorRare68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorRare35–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.00% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantRare57–64 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusPassage migrantRare30–33 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.00% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 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