Birds to See in Latvia in March
109 bird species on our list for Latvia are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Mallard and European Herring Gull. New this month: Pied Wagtail, European Robin, Song Thrush and Greater White-fronted Goose and 31 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Latvia’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 109 birds in March
109 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 5.60% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 5.44% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.56% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Mar
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 2.09% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 2.08% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.57% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.42% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.25% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantCommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.00% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.73% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.68% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.56% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.49% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.47% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.40% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.40% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.35% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.30% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.23% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.22% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.21% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.11% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.10% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Mar
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.07% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantUncommon60–87 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.07% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Mar
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.04% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% 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