Bird AlbumUnited Kingdom · England
Pilning Wetland
182 species and 45,482 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August–September, with up to 107 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- New Passage0 km227 species
- Severn Beach2 km216 species
- WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre25 km247 species
- Chew Valley Lake AWT NR27 km226 species
- Ham Wall RSPB Reserve48 km195 species
- Grimley – Camp Lane Pits79 km171 species
All 182 species recorded here
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Gull Larus canus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pilning Wetland?
April–May and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 107 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pilning Wetland?
182 species, from 45,482 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pilning Wetland in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Lapwing, Eurasian Teal, Northern Shoveler, Black-headed Gull and Common Starling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.