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Fairburn Ings RSPB Reserve
206 species and 70,619 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–September, with up to 135 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Eurasian CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- St Aidan's RSPB Reserve5 km206 species
- Dearne Valley Old Moor RSPB Reserve26 km196 species
- University of York – Heslington East Campus29 km157 species
- Potteric Carr YWT NR31 km190 species
- Blacktoft Sands RSPB Reserve39 km205 species
- North Cave Wetlands YWT NR44 km186 species
All 206 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Chiloe Wigeon Mareca sibilatrix
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Fairburn Ings RSPB Reserve?
April–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 135 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Fairburn Ings RSPB Reserve?
206 species, from 70,619 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Fairburn Ings RSPB Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Mute Swan, Eurasian Coot, Mallard, Tufted Duck and Common Moorhen.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.