Birds to See in Latvia in March
109 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in March35
- Pied Wagtail
- European Robin
- Song Thrush
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Tundra Bean Goose
- Reed Bunting
- Black Redstart
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Mistle Thrush
- Woodlark
- Redwing
- Meadow Pipit
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Eurasian Bittern
- Barnacle Goose
- Green Sandpiper
- Stock Dove
- Gadwall
- Common Snipe
- Tundra Swan
- Red-throated Loon
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Rock Pipit
- Common Shelduck
- Golden Plover
- Taiga Bean Goose
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Northern Pintail
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Canada Goose
- Black Grouse
- Grey Wagtail
- Boreal Owl
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(36)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(34)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Winter visitors
(25)Present outside the breeding season
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–May
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Aug–May
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Regularly Jan–May
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Regularly Feb–May
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Oct–May
Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
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