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Shahe Reservoir – South Shore
162 species and 2,268 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March, with up to 63 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Shahe Reservoir1 km320 species
- Shahe Reservoir – North Shore1 km231 species
- Shahe Reservoir – Gonghuacheng Peninsula2 km261 species
- Changping City Riverside Forest Park9 km187 species
- Dongxiaokou Forest Park11 km140 species
- Cuihu Wetland Park12 km120 species
All 162 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Reed Parrotbill Paradoxornis heudei
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Shahe Reservoir – South Shore?
March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 63 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Shahe Reservoir – South Shore?
162 species, from 2,268 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Shahe Reservoir – South Shore in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Heron, Mallard, Little Grebe, Oriental Magpie and Great Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.