China · Hebei
Happy Island
230 species and 2,134 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 126 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Happy Island1 km312 species
- Magic Wood6 km129 species
- Xinyucun Reservoir6 km147 species
- Changlu Daqinghe Saltworks8 km117 species
- Caofeidian Wetlands42 km210 species
- Tanghai43 km162 species
All 230 species recorded here
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- White-throated Rock Thrush Monticola gularis
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Green-backed Flycatcher Ficedula elisae
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Varied Tit Sittiparus varius
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Chinese Bush Warbler Locustella tacsanowskia
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Happy Island?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 126 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Happy Island?
230 species, from 2,134 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.