Bird AlbumUnited Kingdom · England
Brent Reservoir
228 species and 138,864 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August–October, with up to 131 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common BlackbirdTurdus merulaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hampstead Heath6 km180 species
- Totteridge Valley6 km130 species
- Regent's Park8 km125 species
- Alexandra Park9 km154 species
- Hyde Park9 km132 species
- WWT London Wetland Centre10 km197 species
All 228 species recorded here
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Brent Reservoir?
April–May and August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 131 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Brent Reservoir?
228 species, from 138,864 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Brent Reservoir in November?
The most recorded in November: Redwing, Common Wood Pigeon, Common Snipe, Eurasian Chaffinch and Common Starling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.