China · Hubei
Qianmu Ponds
105 species and 948 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 45 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Red-billed StarlingSpodiopsar sericeus
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
Siberian PipitAnthus japonicusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Canglongdao Wetland Park4 km55 species
- Huazhong Agricultural University6 km172 species
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology8 km96 species
- Ma'anshan Forest Park8 km119 species
- Yujia Hill9 km73 species
- Yujia Lake9 km68 species
All 105 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Chinese Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola thoracicus
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Qianmu Ponds?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 45 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Qianmu Ponds?
105 species, from 948 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Qianmu Ponds in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Egret, Oriental Magpie, Common Moorhen, Spotted Dove and Red-billed 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.