Birds to See in Lithuania in March
138 bird species on our list for Lithuania are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Blue Tit, Common Starling and Mallard. New this month: Woodpigeon, Pied Wagtail, Song Thrush and Western Marsh-harrier and 36 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
Common CraneBusiest month of the year · Feb–Oct
Eurasian SkylarkBusiest month of the year · Feb–Oct
Eurasian SiskinBusiest month of the year · All year
Northern LapwingBusiest month of the year · Feb–Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseBusiest month of the year · Feb–May
Tundra Bean GooseBusiest month of the year · Feb–May
From Lithuania’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 138 birds in March
138 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.21% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.80% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Mar- Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 2.34% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Mar- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 2.19% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Mar- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Mar
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.67% in Mar
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.58% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.54% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantCommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.95% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.91% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.77% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.59% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.54% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.53% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.49% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.49% in Mar
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.47% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.42% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.36% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.35% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.28% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.22% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.22% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorCommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.20% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.15% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.12% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.08% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.08% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Mar
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.06% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.01% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantRare60–87 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaPassage migrantRare21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.01% 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