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St Aidan's RSPB Reserve
206 species and 83,985 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August–October, with up to 130 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
GadwallMareca strepera99 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 206 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Fairburn Ings RSPB Reserve5 km206 species
- Dearne Valley Old Moor RSPB Reserve26 km196 species
- University of York – Heslington East Campus32 km157 species
- Potteric Carr YWT NR34 km190 species
- Blacktoft Sands RSPB Reserve44 km205 species
- North Cave Wetlands YWT NR49 km186 species
All 206 species recorded here
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at St Aidan's RSPB Reserve?
April–May and August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 130 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at St Aidan's RSPB Reserve?
206 species, from 83,985 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at St Aidan's RSPB Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Coot, Eurasian Magpie, Common Moorhen, Mute Swan 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.