Bird AlbumFrance · Centre-Val de Loire
Etang de l'Arche
162 species and 7,619 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, August and October, with up to 76 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great EgretArdea alba
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
GadwallMareca strepera
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 162 species recorded here
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Etang de l'Arche?
April, August and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 76 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Etang de l'Arche?
162 species, from 7,619 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Etang de l'Arche in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Lapwing, Grey Heron, Great Egret, Common Snipe and European Golden 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.