Belgium · Flemish Region
Harelbeke - De Gavers
246 species and 5,384 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–February and April–May, with up to 67 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Nazareth - Callemoeie20 km175 species
- Lac du Héron25 km188 species
- Aalter - Kraenepoel29 km125 species
- Gent - Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen – De afgraving35 km180 species
- Gent - Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen35 km217 species
- Woumen - De Blankaart36 km185 species
All 246 species recorded here
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Swift Apus apus
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Upland Goose Chloephaga picta
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Harelbeke - De Gavers?
December–February and April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 67 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Harelbeke - De Gavers?
246 species, from 5,384 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Harelbeke - De Gavers in November?
The most recorded in November: Tufted Duck, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Coot, Mallard and Common Moorhen.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.