Belgium · Wallonia
Harchies - Les Marais
181 species and 11,483 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May–June, August and November–December, with up to 87 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great EgretArdea alba
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GadwallMareca strepera
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Western JackdawColoeus monedula
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lac du Héron41 km188 species
- ENS du Site des Cinq-Tailles44 km174 species
- Harelbeke - De Gavers50 km246 species
- Nazareth - Callemoeie56 km175 species
- Gent - Gentbrugse Meersen – Zuid65 km180 species
- Oudergem - Rood-Klooster66 km118 species
All 181 species recorded here
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Tit Parus major
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Common Swift Apus apus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Harchies - Les Marais?
May–June, August and November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 87 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Harchies - Les Marais?
181 species, from 11,483 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Harchies - Les Marais in November?
The most recorded in November: Tufted Duck, Great Egret, Mallard, Great Crested Grebe and Grey Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.