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Whitburn Coastal Park
275 species and 87,328 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–October, with up to 150 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Rock DoveColumba livia
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Common GullLarus canus
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common MurreUria aalge
Common EiderSomateria mollissimaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- St Mary's Island LNR13 km226 species
- Cresswell Pond NWT NR33 km241 species
- Druridge Pools NWT NR and Druridge Links35 km260 species
- Teesside South Gare39 km257 species
- Saltholme RSPB Reserve42 km207 species
All 275 species recorded here
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Great Tit Parus major
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Whitburn Coastal Park?
September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 150 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Whitburn Coastal Park?
275 species, from 87,328 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Whitburn Coastal Park in November?
The most recorded in November: European Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Red-throated Loon and Rock Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.