Birds to See in Ukraine in March
141 bird species on our list for Ukraine are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Magpie, Hooded Crow, Blue Tit and Chaffinch. New this month: Chiffchaff, Pied Wagtail, Black Redstart and Song Thrush and 28 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Ukraine’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 · 5.18% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.58% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.51% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.11% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.94% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.91% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.84% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.73% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.61% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.59% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.55% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.54% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.46% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.43% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.32% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.31% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.28% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.23% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.07% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.03% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Mar
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.01% in Mar
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusSummer visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantRare65–80 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.01% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantRare68–88 cmRegularly Mar · 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