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Staines Reservoirs
212 species and 64,421 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and September–October, with up to 119 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
GadwallMareca strepera
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis94 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 212 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Staines Moor SSSI2 km161 species
- WWT London Wetland Centre18 km197 species
- Stocker's Lake HMWT LNR20 km166 species
- Brent Reservoir22 km228 species
- Hyde Park23 km132 species
- Tooting Common24 km106 species
All 212 species recorded here
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Staines Reservoirs?
April and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 119 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Staines Reservoirs?
212 species, from 64,421 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Staines Reservoirs in November?
The most recorded in November: Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, White Wagtail, Mallard and Eurasian Coot.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.