France · Grand Est
Lac de Michelbach
186 species and 9,440 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–October, with up to 95 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great EgretArdea alba
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Great TitParus major
GadwallMareca strepera
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus69 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 186 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- RNN de la Petite Camargue Alsacienne35 km174 species
- Ergolzmündung Augst-Kaiseraugst51 km121 species
- Freiburg – Zähringen63 km105 species
All 186 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Common Swift Apus apus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lac de Michelbach?
August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 95 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lac de Michelbach?
186 species, from 9,440 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lac de Michelbach in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Merganser, Great Crested Grebe, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Teal and Mallard.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.