Birds of Belgium

385 species recorded at 22 public birding hotspots.

Most recorded in November

MallardMallardAnas platyrhynchosGreat CormorantGreat CormorantPhalacrocorax carboBlack-headed GullBlack-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusCarrion CrowCarrion CrowCorvus coroneNorthern ShovelerNorthern ShovelerSpatula clypeataGrey HeronGrey HeronArdea cinereaEuropean RobinEuropean RobinErithacus rubeculaGadwallGadwallMareca streperaEurasian CootEurasian CootFulica atraEurasian MagpieEurasian MagpiePica picaTufted DuckTufted DuckAythya fuligulaGreylag GooseGreylag GooseAnser anserEurasian TealEurasian TealAnas creccaWestern JackdawWestern JackdawColoeus monedula

Most recorded

Common Wood PigeonCommon Wood PigeonColumba palumbusCommon ShelduckCommon ShelduckTadorna tadornaCanada GooseCanada GooseBranta canadensisCommon MoorhenCommon MoorhenGallinula chloropusGreat Crested GrebeGreat Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusEuropean Herring GullEuropean Herring GullLarus argentatusNorthern LapwingNorthern LapwingVanellus vanellusGreat TitGreat TitParus majorCommon ChiffchaffCommon ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaEurasian WrenEurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesCommon BlackbirdCommon BlackbirdTurdus merulaEurasian Blue TitEurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusMute SwanMute SwanCygnus olorEurasian OystercatcherEurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus

Hotspots with the most records

  1. Gent - Bourgoyen-OssemeersenFlemish Region217 species
  2. Kruibeke - PoldersFlemish Region230 species
  3. Zeebrugge - De FonteintjesFlemish Region232 species
  4. Harchies - Les MaraisWallonia181 species
  5. Nazareth - CallemoeieFlemish Region175 species
  6. Herk-de-Stad - SchulensbroekFlemish Region217 species
  7. Nieuwpoort - IJzermondingFlemish Region197 species
  8. Kieldrecht - DrijdyckFlemish Region171 species
  9. Doel - Doelpolder NoordFlemish Region186 species
  10. Knokke - Het ZwinFlemish Region215 species
  11. Knokke - Het Zwin – UitbreidingFlemish Region171 species
  12. Knokke - Het Zwin – ZwinparkFlemish Region211 species
All 22 hotspots
  1. Woumen - De BlankaartFlemish Region185 species
  2. Gent - Gentbrugse Meersen – ZuidFlemish Region180 species
  3. Aalter - KraenepoelFlemish Region125 species
  4. Heist - Sashul & VuurtorenweideFlemish Region183 species
  5. Gent - Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen – De afgravingFlemish Region180 species
  6. Harelbeke - De GaversFlemish Region246 species
  7. Heist - Baai van HeistFlemish Region192 species
  8. Sint-Agatha-Rode - GrootbroekFlemish Region173 species
  9. Mechelen - Mechels BroekFlemish Region165 species
  10. Oudergem - Rood-KloosterBruxelles/Brussel118 species

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All species recorded · 385