Bird AlbumSierra Leone · Western Area
River No. 2 Beach
112 species and 394 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December, with up to 32 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
SanderlingCalidris alba
Great EgretArdea albaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Congo Dam9 km155 species
- Mount Aureol16 km80 species
- Freetown Golf Course17 km127 species
All 112 species recorded here
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- White-browed Forest Flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Finsch's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina finschi
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
- Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at River No. 2 Beach?
December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 32 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at River No. 2 Beach?
112 species, from 394 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at River No. 2 Beach in November?
The most recorded in November: Western Reef Heron, Black Kite, Eurasian Whimbrel, Sanderling and Great 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.