China · Beijing
Huairou Reservoir
222 species and 5,606 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 92 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Vinous-throated ParrotbillSuthora webbiana
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Oriental GreenfinchChloris sinica
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
SmewMergellus albellus
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Marsh TitPoecile palustris92 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 222 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Huairou Reservoir1 km127 species
- Huairou Reservoir - north area2 km66 species
- Huaisha River3 km75 species
- Huaijiu River4 km135 species
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences11 km148 species
- Great Wall at Mutianyu13 km151 species
All 222 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Beijing Babbler Rhopophilus pekinensis
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Chinese Nuthatch Sitta villosa
- Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
- Chinese Bush Warbler Locustella tacsanowskia
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae
- Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Koklass Pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Huairou Reservoir?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 92 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Huairou Reservoir?
222 species, from 5,606 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Huairou Reservoir in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Eurasian Coot, Little Grebe, Common Merganser and Oriental Magpie.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.