Bird AlbumSouth Korea · Kyonggi-do
Hwaseong – Hwaseong Lake Reclamation Area
190 species and 6,744 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–October, with up to 80 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great EgretArdea alba
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Eastern BuzzardButeo japonicusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hwaseong – Hwaseong Lake4 km126 species
- Hwaseong – Hwaseong Seawall Section 14 Retention Pond5 km135 species
- Ansan – Ansan Reed Wetland Park19 km113 species
- Ansan – Daesong Wetland/Sihwa Lake-East22 km163 species
- Ansan – Sihwa Lake Estuary25 km107 species
- Uiwang – Wangsong Reservoir28 km155 species
All 190 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus examinandus
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Varied Tit Sittiparus varius
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hwaseong – Hwaseong Lake Reclamation Area?
September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 80 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hwaseong – Hwaseong Lake Reclamation Area?
190 species, from 6,744 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hwaseong – Hwaseong Lake Reclamation Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Hen Harrier, Grey Heron, Great Egret, Oriental Magpie and Eastern Spot-billed Duck.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.