Bird AlbumBelgium · Flemish Region
Gent - Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen
217 species and 30,401 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–May, with up to 121 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
GadwallMareca strepera
European RobinErithacus rubecula75 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 217 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Gent - Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen – De afgraving1 km180 species
- Gent - Gentbrugse Meersen – Zuid8 km180 species
- Aalter - Kraenepoel14 km125 species
- Nazareth - Callemoeie15 km175 species
- Harelbeke - De Gavers35 km246 species
- Knokke - Het Zwin – Uitbreiding39 km171 species
All 217 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Tit Parus major
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Nene Branta sandvicensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Gent - Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen?
March–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 121 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Gent - Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen?
217 species, from 30,401 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Gent - Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Coot and Eurasian Teal.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.