Birds to See in Sweden in March
169 bird species on our list for Sweden are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon and Blackbird. New this month: Pied Wagtail, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff and Western Marsh-harrier and 13 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
Eurasian SkylarkBusiest month of the year · Feb–Nov
Northern LapwingBusiest month of the year · Feb–Nov
Common CraneBusiest month of the year · Feb–Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Mistle ThrushBusiest month of the year · All year
Stock DoveBusiest month of the year · All year
From Sweden’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 169 birds in March
169 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.66% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Mar- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.78% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Mar- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.62% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar- Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.36% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.88% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.69% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar- Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.40% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.39% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.38% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.36% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.30% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.27% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.21% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.20% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.20% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.14% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.14% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.11% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.06% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Mar
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Mar
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusResidentRare60–87 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Mar
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantRare46–64 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorRare53–57 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Mar
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantRare69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorRare37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 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