Birds to See in Poland in March
168 bird species on our list for Poland are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Mallard, Blackbird, Common Starling and Woodpigeon. New this month: Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Western Marsh-harrier and Song Thrush and 22 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
Northern LapwingBusiest month of the year · Feb–Dec
Eurasian SkylarkBusiest month of the year · Feb–Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Eurasian WigeonBusiest month of the year · All year
Northern PintailBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
WoodlarkBusiest month of the year · Feb–Nov
From Poland’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 168 birds in March
168 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.21% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Mar- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.65% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusResidentCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.58% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.31% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.17% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.97% in Mar
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.73% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorCommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.63% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.58% in Mar- Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.56% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.55% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.49% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Mar- WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.41% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.38% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.36% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.32% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.31% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.27% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.27% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.22% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.16% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.12% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Mar
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleWinter visitorRare30–32 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Mar · 0.01% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorRare42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.01% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Mar
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorRare23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Mar
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Mar
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantRare38–42 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov–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