Birds to See in Norway in March
154 bird species on our list for Norway are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, European Herring Gull, Magpie and Blue Tit. New this month: Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Chiffchaff and Lesser Black-backed Gull and 20 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
Eurasian SkylarkBusiest month of the year · Feb–Dec
Northern LapwingBusiest month of the year · Feb–Nov
Common ShelduckBusiest month of the year · Feb–Dec
Stock DoveBusiest month of the year · Feb–Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseBusiest month of the year · Sep–Jun
Boreal OwlBusiest month of the year · Feb–Apr
From Norway’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 154 birds in March
154 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 5.10% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.95% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.88% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.06% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Mar- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.43% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.05% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.90% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar- Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.70% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.61% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeResidentCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.44% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaResidentCommon20–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.43% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.31% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.30% in Mar
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.29% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar- Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.29% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.26% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.25% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.24% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.24% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Mar- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.15% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusResidentUncommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusResidentUncommon62–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.09% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Mar
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisResidentUncommon68–88 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.06% in Mar- Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisSummer visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.04% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Mar
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantRare9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantRare60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 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