South Korea · Gangwon Province
Gangneung – Namdaecheon Estuary
124 species and 1,661 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 46 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great EgretArdea alba
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Eastern BuzzardButeo japonicusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Gangneung – Gyeongpo Provincial Park and Lake5 km129 species
- Sokcho – Cheongcho Lake57 km96 species
- Goseong – Cheongganjeong Pavilion65 km99 species
- Goseong – Ayajin Harbour65 km95 species
All 124 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus
- Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Gangneung – Namdaecheon Estuary?
January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 46 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Gangneung – Namdaecheon Estuary?
124 species, from 1,661 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Gangneung – Namdaecheon Estuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Heron, Mallard, Great Cormorant, Great Egret and Eastern Spot-billed Duck.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.