Birds to See in Luxembourg in March
90 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
90 bird species on our list for Luxembourg are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon and Chaffinch. New this month: Blackcap, Barn Swallow, Common Kingfisher and Black Redstart and 25 more.
New in March29
- Blackcap
- Barn Swallow
- Common Kingfisher
- Black Redstart
- Dunnock
- Redwing
- Yellowhammer
- Green Sandpiper
- Reed Bunting
- Black-headed Gull
- Linnet
- Common Snipe
- Firecrest
- Willow Tit
- Water Rail
- Serin
- Stonechat
- Water Pipit
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Northern Shoveler
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Meadow Pipit
- Common Raven
- Garganey
- Goldeneye
- Northern Goshawk
- Stock Dove
- Cirl Bunting
- Woodlark
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Residents
(41)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(21)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Winter visitors
(10)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Jun–Apr
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Passage migrants
(18)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Jan–Mar
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
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