Switzerland · Canton of Geneva
Marais de Sionnet
205 species and 29,574 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 125 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus72 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 205 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Jetée et Port des Pâquis7 km166 species
- Tougues, Chens-sur-Léman10 km154 species
- Île de Préverenges38 km224 species
- Les Grangettes – Lagune des Saviez55 km188 species
- Le Creux de Terre60 km189 species
- Promenade Robert Hainard70 km218 species
All 205 species recorded here
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Marais de Sionnet?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 125 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Marais de Sionnet?
205 species, from 29,574 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Marais de Sionnet in November?
The most recorded in November: Carrion Crow, Grey Heron, Common Kestrel, House Sparrow and European Goldfinch.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.