Bird AlbumChina · Shanghai
Dalian Lake
117 species and 2,040 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May–June and December, with up to 39 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Vinous-throated ParrotbillSuthora webbiana
Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great EgretArdea alba
Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Cenbo Village5 km52 species
- Tianma Hill15 km126 species
- Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden17 km79 species
- Sheshan National Forest Park19 km92 species
- Tongli National Wetland Park20 km176 species
- Mishidu Songnan Country Park26 km62 species
All 117 species recorded here
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus examinandus
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Dalian Lake?
May–June and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 39 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Dalian Lake?
117 species, from 2,040 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Dalian Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Moorhen, Long-tailed Shrike, Little Egret, Little Grebe and Black-crowned Night Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.