Bird AlbumUnited Kingdom · England
Chew Valley Lake AWT NR
226 species and 38,486 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and August–December, with up to 126 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GadwallMareca strepera109 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 226 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ham Wall RSPB Reserve23 km195 species
- Severn Beach26 km216 species
- New Passage27 km227 species
- Pilning Wetland27 km182 species
- WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre48 km247 species
- Blashford Lakes HIWWT NR78 km185 species
All 226 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Great Tit Parus major
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Chew Valley Lake AWT NR?
April and August–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 126 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Chew Valley Lake AWT NR?
226 species, from 38,486 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Chew Valley Lake AWT NR in November?
The most recorded in November: Tufted Duck, Mallard, Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull and Great Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.