United Kingdom · England
Walthamstow Wetlands
204 species and 178,795 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April and August–September, with up to 126 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Alexandra Park5 km154 species
- Wanstead Park6 km177 species
- Wanstead Flats7 km179 species
- Hampstead Heath8 km180 species
- Regent's Park9 km125 species
- St James's Park11 km119 species
All 204 species recorded here
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Great Tit Parus major
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Walthamstow Wetlands?
March–April and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 126 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Walthamstow Wetlands?
204 species, from 178,795 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Walthamstow Wetlands in November?
The most recorded in November: Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Coot and Mallard.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.