Bird AlbumUnited Kingdom · England
Grafham Water
255 species and 87,402 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and August–October, with up to 161 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB Reserve19 km220 species
- Ouse Fen RSPB Reserve – Berry Fen23 km164 species
- Summer Leys LNR27 km181 species
- Smithy Fen31 km164 species
- Fowlmere RSPB Reserve34 km168 species
- Dernford Reservoir36 km178 species
All 255 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Little Auk Alle alle
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Grafham Water?
April and August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 161 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Grafham Water?
255 species, from 87,402 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Grafham Water in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck, Great Cormorant, Mallard and Common Goldeneye.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.