France · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Ile de Ré – Phare des Baleines
216 species and 27,453 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and August–October, with up to 127 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
European RobinErithacus rubecula
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
SanderlingCalidris alba
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ile de Ré – Le Casino1 km183 species
- Ile de Ré – RNN de Lilleau des Niges4 km173 species
All 216 species recorded here
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ile de Ré – Phare des Baleines?
April and August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 127 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ile de Ré – Phare des Baleines?
216 species, from 27,453 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ile de Ré – Phare des Baleines in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Black-backed Gull, European Robin, European Herring Gull, Mediterranean Gull and Great Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.