France · Centre-Val de Loire
Retenue de Pincemaille
190 species and 8,487 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and August–September, with up to 98 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
European Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 190 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Great Tit Parus major
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Retenue de Pincemaille?
April and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 98 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Retenue de Pincemaille?
190 species, from 8,487 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Retenue de Pincemaille in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Water Pipit, Grey Heron, Black-headed Gull and Little Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.