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Hengsha Nantan
170 species and 1,587 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and November, with up to 56 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus
Great EgretArdea alba
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Reed ParrotbillParadoxornis heudei
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hengsha Dongtan4 km108 species
- Jiuduansha Wetland NNR11 km103 species
- Sanjia Habour12 km127 species
- Shanghai Pudong International Airport18 km70 species
- Pudong Jinhai Wetland Park21 km124 species
- Farmland S of Pudong Airport21 km42 species
All 170 species recorded here
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Reed Parrotbill Paradoxornis heudei
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hengsha Nantan?
April and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 56 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hengsha Nantan?
170 species, from 1,587 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hengsha Nantan in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Grebe, Little Egret, Grey Heron, White Wagtail and Crested Myna.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.