China · Jiangsu
Yancheng Wetland NNR
225 species and 8,248 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January, with up to 125 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Sheyang Forest Nursery3 km55 species
- Sheyang Reed Farm5 km134 species
- Qingyanggang Fish Ponds6 km101 species
- Yandu Park42 km50 species
- Dafeng Milu NNR69 km169 species
All 225 species recorded here
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Reed Parrotbill Paradoxornis heudei
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus examinandus
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Yancheng Wetland NNR?
December–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 125 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Yancheng Wetland NNR?
225 species, from 8,248 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Yancheng Wetland NNR in November?
The most recorded in November: Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Mallard and White-cheeked Starling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.