Germany · Schleswig-Holstein
Helgoland
291 species and 64,446 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 216 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common EiderSomateria mollissima
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Helgoland Düne1 km214 species
All 291 species recorded here
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Moltoni's Warbler Curruca subalpina
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Helgoland?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 216 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Helgoland?
291 species, from 64,446 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Helgoland in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Blackbird, Great Cormorant, Common Eider, Meadow Pipit and Common Starling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.