Bird AlbumUnited Kingdom · England
Abberton Reservoir
225 species and 81,152 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–May, with up to 135 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Great EgretArdea alba
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope133 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 225 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hollesley Marshes RSPB Reserve48 km199 species
- Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve48 km219 species
- East Tilbury River and Marshes49 km230 species
- Elmley NNR50 km228 species
- Boyton Marshes RSPB Reserve51 km190 species
- Oare Marshes LNR53 km222 species
All 225 species recorded here
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Abberton Reservoir?
August–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 135 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Abberton Reservoir?
225 species, from 81,152 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Abberton Reservoir in November?
The most recorded in November: Tufted Duck, Common Goldeneye, Great Crested Grebe, Mallard and Mute Swan.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.