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Shahe Reservoir
320 species and 59,697 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 188 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Vinous-throated ParrotbillSuthora webbiana
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
GadwallMareca strepera
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Shahe Reservoir – Gonghuacheng Peninsula1 km261 species
- Shahe Reservoir – North Shore1 km231 species
- Shahe Reservoir – South Shore1 km162 species
- Changping City Riverside Forest Park9 km187 species
- Cuihu Wetland Park11 km120 species
- Dongxiaokou Forest Park12 km140 species
All 320 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Reed Parrotbill Paradoxornis heudei
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Chinese Nuthatch Sitta villosa
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Chinese Bush Warbler Locustella tacsanowskia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Beijing Babbler Rhopophilus pekinensis
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
- Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Green-backed Flycatcher Ficedula elisae
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Blunt-winged Warbler Acrocephalus concinens
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis
- White-throated Rock Thrush Monticola gularis
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Shahe Reservoir?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 188 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Shahe Reservoir?
320 species, from 59,697 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Shahe Reservoir in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Great Cormorant, Grey Heron, Little Grebe and Oriental Magpie.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.