Birds to See in Switzerland in March
171 bird species on our list for Switzerland are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Blackbird, Chaffinch and Blue Tit. New this month: Blackcap, Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler and Alpine Swift and 19 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Switzerland’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 171 birds in March
171 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.04% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.87% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.81% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.19% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.56% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.41% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Mar
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.22% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.20% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentCommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.07% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.05% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.03% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.03% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantRare80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Citril FinchCarduelis citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorRare40–45 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantRare42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixSummer visitorUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.01% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantRare66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 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