Birds to See in Russia in March
141 bird species on our list for Russia are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Rock Dove, Blue Tit and Bullfinch. New this month: Pied Wagtail, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff and Northern Lapwing and 32 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Russia’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 141 birds in March
141 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 6.96% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 6.62% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.59% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.38% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 3.60% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.82% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.21% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.68% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.66% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.50% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.50% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.47% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.38% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.21% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentUncommon37–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.18% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.18% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusSummer visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.13% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.11% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.08% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.07% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.07% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Mar
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixWinter visitorUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.05% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantRare9–10 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Mar
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorRare60–87 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantRare23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.01% in Mar
Vega GullLarus vegaeSummer visitorUncommon55–67 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