China · Hubei
Yayuan Lake
112 species and 536 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December, with up to 41 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great EgretArdea alba
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Chen Lake5 km181 species
- Bafen Hil44 km104 species
- Guishan Park48 km49 species
- Shouyi Park51 km97 species
- Huazhong Agricultural University52 km172 species
- Jiefang Park53 km77 species
All 112 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Yayuan Lake?
December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 41 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Yayuan Lake?
112 species, from 536 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Yayuan Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Heron, Oriental Magpie, Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Great Cormorant and Great Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.