Poland · Silesian Voivodeship
Wielikąt Fishponds
210 species and 20,204 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August, with up to 125 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
DunlinCalidris alpina
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great TitParus major
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Łężczok Nature Reserve14 km187 species
- Goczałkowice Reservoir – eastern part & dam45 km213 species
- Słupsko Lake47 km175 species
- Choryňské rybníky62 km211 species
- Kazimierz Górniczy – Sosnowiecka75 km131 species
- Przeręb Fishponds79 km240 species
All 210 species recorded here
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Crane Grus grus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Wielikąt Fishponds?
April–May and August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 125 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Wielikąt Fishponds?
210 species, from 20,204 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Wielikąt Fishponds in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Grey Heron, Black-headed Gull, Great Cormorant and Caspian Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.