United Kingdom · England
North Foreland
235 species and 86,294 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and September–November, with up to 124 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Rock DoveColumba livia
White WagtailMotacilla albaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Worth Marshes15 km206 species
- Stodmarsh NNR19 km241 species
- Oare Marshes LNR39 km222 species
- Elmley NNR46 km228 species
- Cap Gris-Nez57 km225 species
- RNN du Platier d'Oye (RNN86) – le Platier60 km209 species
All 235 species recorded here
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Great Tit Parus major
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Atlantic Canary Serinus canaria
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at North Foreland?
April and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 124 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at North Foreland?
235 species, from 86,294 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at North Foreland in November?
The most recorded in November: European Herring Gull, Northern Gannet, Great Black-backed Gull, Great Cormorant and Red-throated Loon.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.