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Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve
219 species and 64,016 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–February, April–May and July–September, with up to 132 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- East Tilbury River and Marshes3 km230 species
- Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, SSSI and LNR19 km238 species
- Elmley NNR24 km228 species
- Oare Marshes LNR32 km222 species
- Wanstead Flats32 km179 species
- Wanstead Park33 km177 species
All 219 species recorded here
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Gull Larus canus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- 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 Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve?
January–February, April–May and July–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 132 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve?
219 species, from 64,016 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Grebe, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Northern Lapwing and Eurasian Coot.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.