Bird AlbumUnited Kingdom · England
Minsmere RSPB Reserve
308 species and 348,314 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–October, with up to 194 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
GadwallMareca strepera
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Carrion CrowCorvus corone138 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 308 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Boyton Marshes RSPB Reserve21 km190 species
- Hollesley Marshes RSPB Reserve24 km199 species
- Buckenham Marshes RSPB Reserve40 km187 species
- Lackford Lakes67 km174 species
- Abberton Reservoir70 km225 species
- Lynford Arboretum70 km148 species
All 308 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Great Tit Parus major
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Chiloe Wigeon Mareca sibilatrix
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Minsmere RSPB Reserve?
April–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 194 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Minsmere RSPB Reserve?
308 species, from 348,314 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Minsmere RSPB Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Teal, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Wigeon and Eurasian Blue Tit.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.