Bird AlbumBelgium · Flemish Region
Gent - Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen – De afgraving
180 species and 6,114 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 89 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Eurasian CootFulica atra
GadwallMareca strepera
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Greylag GooseAnser anser
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea54 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 180 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Gent - Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen1 km217 species
- Gent - Gentbrugse Meersen – Zuid9 km180 species
- Aalter - Kraenepoel13 km125 species
- Nazareth - Callemoeie15 km175 species
- Harelbeke - De Gavers35 km246 species
- Knokke - Het Zwin – Uitbreiding39 km171 species
All 180 species recorded here
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Gent - Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen – De afgraving?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 89 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Gent - Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen – De afgraving?
180 species, from 6,114 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Gent - Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen – De afgraving in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Cormorant, Northern Lapwing, Tufted Duck, Northern Shoveler and Canada Goose.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.