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Audenshaw Reservoirs
190 species and 48,173 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–May and September–October, with up to 111 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common MerganserMergus merganser
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Common GullLarus canus
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Arnfield Reservoir10 km150 species
- Chorlton Water Park LNR10 km154 species
- Sale Water Park12 km156 species
- Elton Reservoir18 km204 species
- Woolston Eyes NR27 km237 species
- Pennington Flash LNR28 km207 species
All 190 species recorded here
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Audenshaw Reservoirs?
March–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 111 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Audenshaw Reservoirs?
190 species, from 48,173 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Audenshaw Reservoirs in November?
The most recorded in November: Tufted Duck, Common Goldeneye, Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.