Netherlands · Friesland
Schiermonnikoog
243 species and 16,430 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and October, with up to 154 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Brant GooseBranta bernicla
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
European Herring GullLarus argentatus93 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 243 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lauwersmeer12 km213 species
- Ezumakeeg – Noord14 km173 species
- Haren – Onnerpolder47 km178 species
- Zuidlaardermeer – Oostpolder50 km164 species
All 243 species recorded here
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Great Tit Parus major
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Schiermonnikoog?
May and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 154 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Schiermonnikoog?
243 species, from 16,430 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Schiermonnikoog in November?
The most recorded in November: Brant Goose, Barnacle Goose, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Mallard and Carrion Crow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.