Birds to See in Netherlands in March
191 bird species on our list for Netherlands are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Mallard, Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Woodpigeon and Coot. New this month: Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Bluethroat and Little Ringed Plover and 4 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Netherlands’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 191 birds in March
191 birds
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.76% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.81% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.92% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.74% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.63% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.39% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.21% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.19% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.14% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.04% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentRare58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentRare35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorRare51–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.01% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorRare58–77 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentRare120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
SerinSerinus serinusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorRare65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantRare30–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorRare69–84 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Mar
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantRare50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantRare40–55 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Jan–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