Bird AlbumUnited Kingdom · England
Rye Harbour SWT NR
235 species and 65,196 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August–September, with up to 144 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Eurasian MagpiePica pica116 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 235 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Dungeness RSPB Reserve12 km289 species
- Dungeness Bird Observatory Recording Area14 km324 species
- Oare Marshes LNR47 km222 species
- Elmley NNR50 km228 species
- Stodmarsh NNR52 km241 species
- Worth Marshes55 km206 species
All 235 species recorded here
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Great Tit Parus major
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Rye Harbour SWT NR?
April–May and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 144 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Rye Harbour SWT NR?
235 species, from 65,196 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Rye Harbour SWT NR in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Great Cormorant, Common Redshank, Little Egret and Northern Lapwing.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.