Switzerland · Canton of Vaud
Île de Préverenges
224 species and 18,491 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 130 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Le Creux de Terre24 km189 species
- Tougues, Chens-sur-Léman30 km154 species
- Les Grangettes – Lagune des Saviez32 km188 species
- Promenade Robert Hainard33 km218 species
- Marais de Sionnet38 km205 species
- Jetée et Port des Pâquis44 km166 species
All 224 species recorded here
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Great Tit Parus major
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Gull Larus canus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Chiloe Wigeon Mareca sibilatrix
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Île de Préverenges?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 130 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Île de Préverenges?
224 species, from 18,491 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Île de Préverenges in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Cormorant, Mallard, Carrion Crow, Common Moorhen and Common Blackbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.