China · Jiangsu
Dongling Coast
242 species and 8,304 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–October, with up to 117 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Great EgretArdea alba
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhynchaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Dongling Jellyfish Farm7 km107 species
- Dongling Reservoir13 km102 species
- Yangkou Seawall – Ramp 250 km179 species
- 32.5391x121.1128 - May 21, 2016, 12:42 PM53 km23 species
- Yangkou Seawall – Ramp 155 km153 species
- Haiyin Temple Woods60 km230 species
All 242 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Pied Heron Egretta picata
- Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Reed Parrotbill Paradoxornis heudei
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- White-throated Rock Thrush Monticola gularis
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Northern Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides
- Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Alström's Warbler Phylloscopus soror
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Gray's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes fasciolatus
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Dongling Coast?
September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 117 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Dongling Coast?
242 species, from 8,304 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Dongling Coast in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Curlew, Little Egret, Common Greenshank, Grey Heron and Kentish Plover.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.