Birdwatching in Oosterschelde
Historical bird observations from Zeeland.
- species with data
- 289
- GBIF counts
- 21,047,669
- best month
- January
Only bird-location combinations reported in at least 3 calendar months and with at least 5 combined counts are included.
Birds with sufficient data
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis4,543,784 GBIF counts
- BrantBranta bernicla1,504,218 GBIF counts
- Green PloverVanellus vanellus1,442,943 GBIF counts
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope1,431,465 GBIF counts
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus1,306,386 GBIF counts
- Common CurlewNumenius arquata1,145,719 GBIF counts
- EGPLPluvialis apricaria1,022,547 GBIF counts
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus672,780 GBIF counts
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta657,066 GBIF counts
- Domesticated GeeseAnser anser589,247 GBIF counts
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica456,869 GBIF counts
- COSTSturnus vulgaris451,430 GBIF counts
- Black CootFulica atra371,893 GBIF counts
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula370,176 GBIF counts
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia351,695 GBIF counts
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos303,925 GBIF counts
- Black Bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola259,558 GBIF counts
- CORETringa totanus256,938 GBIF counts
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca236,357 GBIF counts
- COSHTadorna tadorna230,347 GBIF counts
- DunlinCalidris alpina212,581 GBIF counts
- Fishing DuckMergus serrator171,120 GBIF counts
- BTGOLimosa limosa155,660 GBIF counts
- GadwallMareca strepera144,162 GBIF counts
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata139,888 GBIF counts
- Common TernSterna hirundo135,560 GBIF counts
- COPOAythya ferina120,321 GBIF counts
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus106,010 GBIF counts
- Black ShagPhalacrocorax carbo105,511 GBIF counts
- American EiderSomateria mollissima102,597 GBIF counts
- Pond birdArenaria interpres93,637 GBIF counts
- Common JackdawColoeus monedula91,258 GBIF counts
- Mute SwanCygnus olor90,399 GBIF counts
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis87,296 GBIF counts
- RuffCalidris pugnax83,781 GBIF counts
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula81,180 GBIF counts
- Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus73,304 GBIF counts
- Chota bokEgretta garzetta71,645 GBIF counts
- Cape-racerGavia stellata68,327 GBIF counts
- Common PintailAnas acuta66,886 GBIF counts
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons59,060 GBIF counts
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis53,071 GBIF counts
- ButterballBucephala clangula48,675 GBIF counts
- Bewic's swanCygnus columbianus40,274 GBIF counts
- MEPIAnthus pratensis37,989 GBIF counts
- Black ScoterMelanitta nigra37,135 GBIF counts
- C FFringilla coelebs35,725 GBIF counts
- Eurasian GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis35,045 GBIF counts
- Brown LinnetLinaria cannabina32,547 GBIF counts
- Black-backed GullLarus fuscus31,941 GBIF counts
- Stock DoveColumba oenas30,890 GBIF counts
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus30,384 GBIF counts
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris29,242 GBIF counts
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima29,113 GBIF counts
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone27,820 GBIF counts
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca26,119 GBIF counts
- COSNGallinago gallinago25,533 GBIF counts
- LIGRTachybaptus ruficollis22,329 GBIF counts
- Common KnotCalidris canutus21,275 GBIF counts
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis19,914 GBIF counts
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris18,549 GBIF counts
- Common House SparrowPasser domesticus18,346 GBIF counts
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus18,120 GBIF counts
- BuzzardButeo buteo17,601 GBIF counts
- Black-billed MagpiePica pica17,047 GBIF counts
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea16,827 GBIF counts
- Common GreenfinchChloris chloris16,626 GBIF counts
- MEGUIchthyaetus melanocephalus16,351 GBIF counts
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis15,589 GBIF counts
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis14,919 GBIF counts
- Great EgretArdea alba14,745 GBIF counts
- Common GullLarus canus12,441 GBIF counts
- European FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus11,356 GBIF counts
- Pond BirdCalidris alba11,163 GBIF counts
- BASWHirundo rustica10,994 GBIF counts
- Pied Wagtail and White WagtailMotacilla alba10,836 GBIF counts
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus9,600 GBIF counts
- Common GallinuleGallinula chloropus9,474 GBIF counts
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto9,088 GBIF counts
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus8,800 GBIF counts
- Black SwanCygnus atratus8,486 GBIF counts
- Common PartridgePerdix perdix8,439 GBIF counts
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia7,684 GBIF counts
- Choto machrangaAlcedo atthis7,050 GBIF counts
- BlackbirdTurdus merula6,479 GBIF counts
- EUMHCircus aeruginosus5,736 GBIF counts
- Common Horned LarkEremophila alpestris5,660 GBIF counts
- European ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelis5,542 GBIF counts
- Common WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus5,334 GBIF counts
- Chilean FlamingoPhoenicopterus chilensis5,127 GBIF counts
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea4,869 GBIF counts
- Eurasian SparrowPasser montanus4,812 GBIF counts
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola4,795 GBIF counts
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos4,677 GBIF counts
- Japanese Snow FairyAegithalos caudatus4,649 GBIF counts
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus4,601 GBIF counts
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus4,281 GBIF counts
- RedwingTurdus iliacus4,247 GBIF counts
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita4,222 GBIF counts
- Duck HawkFalco peregrinus4,105 GBIF counts
- Eurasian Rock PipitAnthus petrosus3,664 GBIF counts
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus3,622 GBIF counts
- SOTHTurdus philomelos3,598 GBIF counts
- Big fish-duckMergus merganser3,468 GBIF counts
- GRTIParus major3,431 GBIF counts
- European WheatearOenanthe oenanthe3,366 GBIF counts
- Continental RobinErithacus rubecula3,156 GBIF counts
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis3,036 GBIF counts
- (southern and northern) guillemotUria aalge2,817 GBIF counts
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2,798 GBIF counts
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2,619 GBIF counts
- Bog OwlAsio flammeus2,583 GBIF counts
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus2,402 GBIF counts
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2,287 GBIF counts
- BillyPrunella modularis2,183 GBIF counts
- Common LoonGavia immer2,031 GBIF counts
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus1,994 GBIF counts
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus1,892 GBIF counts
- Common House-MartinDelichon urbicum1,847 GBIF counts
- Razor-billed AukAlca torda1,845 GBIF counts
- Bearded ParrotbillPanurus biarmicus1,836 GBIF counts
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus1,743 GBIF counts
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle1,729 GBIF counts
- HEHACircus cyaneus1,710 GBIF counts
- EUWRTroglodytes troglodytes1,637 GBIF counts
- Fish HawkPandion haliaetus1,630 GBIF counts
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis1,574 GBIF counts
- Blue-headed WagtailMotacilla flava1,556 GBIF counts
- Grey Sea EagleHaliaeetus albicilla1,464 GBIF counts
- COCRGrus grus1,225 GBIF counts
- GarganeySpatula querquedula1,178 GBIF counts
- Big Black-headAythya marila1,162 GBIF counts
- Acorn JayGarrulus glandarius1,159 GBIF counts
- STTRCerthia brachydactyla1,158 GBIF counts
- Arctic DiverGavia arctica1,031 GBIF counts
- Velvet DuckMelanitta fusca998 GBIF counts
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus985 GBIF counts
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus962 GBIF counts
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus934 GBIF counts
- GSWODendrocopos major847 GBIF counts
- Common PigeonColumba livia785 GBIF counts
- LISTCalidris minuta761 GBIF counts
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina682 GBIF counts
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti675 GBIF counts
- Bullet HawkFalco columbarius646 GBIF counts
- Eurasian Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis637 GBIF counts
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla524 GBIF counts
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea459 GBIF counts
- Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis448 GBIF counts
- Blue GooseAnser caerulescens270 GBIF counts
- Barn OwlTyto alba240 GBIF counts
- Bar-Headed GooseAnser indicus224 GBIF counts
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla551 GBIF counts
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans175 GBIF counts
- Common GoldcrestRegulus regulus785 GBIF counts
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea778 GBIF counts
- Common GannetMorus bassanus159 GBIF counts
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris19,731 GBIF counts
- Common SwiftApus apus15,740 GBIF counts
- SmewMergellus albellus14,841 GBIF counts
- BASWRiparia riparia5,898 GBIF counts
- SEWAAcrocephalus schoenobaenus3,511 GBIF counts
- African/Eurasian Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus2,822 GBIF counts
- Little TernSternula albifrons1,993 GBIF counts
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius396 GBIF counts
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula124 GBIF counts
- European White StorkCiconia ciconia119 GBIF counts
- YLGULarus michahellis109 GBIF counts
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus154 GBIF counts
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus655 GBIF counts
- Lapland BuntingCalcarius lapponicus1,019 GBIF counts
- BitternBotaurus stellaris81 GBIF counts
- Red KiteMilvus milvus127 GBIF counts
- American RavenCorvus corax109 GBIF counts
- Common SiskinSpinus spinus811 GBIF counts
- Horned Wary Ross’ GooseAnser rossii350 GBIF counts
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros103 GBIF counts
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus764 GBIF counts
- Common WhitethroatSylvia communis1,257 GBIF counts
- JASNLymnocryptes minimus269 GBIF counts
- Cat OwlAsio otus96 GBIF counts
- DotterelCharadrius morinellus420 GBIF counts
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus808 GBIF counts
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis636 GBIF counts
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla225 GBIF counts
- African Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus972 GBIF counts
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos796 GBIF counts
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes622 GBIF counts
- WOLALullula arborea429 GBIF counts
- Mouse HawkButeo lagopus1,542 GBIF counts
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides124 GBIF counts
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra399 GBIF counts
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola229 GBIF counts
- Black TernChlidonias niger547 GBIF counts
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica302 GBIF counts
- GRWAMotacilla cinerea64 GBIF counts
- Eurasian Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur262 GBIF counts
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica419 GBIF counts
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos239 GBIF counts
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin372 GBIF counts
- Brown Tree-PipitAnthus trivialis192 GBIF counts
- EUHOFalco subbuteo177 GBIF counts
- Common Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides480 GBIF counts
- Fan-Tailed WarblerCisticola juncidis64 GBIF counts
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus261 GBIF counts
- BLSTCiconia nigra154 GBIF counts
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi152 GBIF counts
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus203 GBIF counts
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva338 GBIF counts
- Indian RingneckPsittacula krameri100 GBIF counts
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola183 GBIF counts
- Common Penduline-TitRemiz pendulinus58 GBIF counts
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii153 GBIF counts
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea86 GBIF counts
- DovekieAlle alle362 GBIF counts
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes47 GBIF counts
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis53 GBIF counts
- Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus122 GBIF counts
- Common TealAnas carolinensis328 GBIF counts
- Barbary DuckCairina moschata40 GBIF counts
- RookCorvus frugilegus29 GBIF counts
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia47 GBIF counts
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus55 GBIF counts
- Arctic RedpollAcanthis flammea26 GBIF counts
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus71 GBIF counts
- BWKIElanus caeruleus96 GBIF counts
- Rock Pipit and Water PipitAnthus spinoletta47 GBIF counts
- Burgomaster GullLarus hyperboreus123 GBIF counts
- GGSHLanius excubitor128 GBIF counts
- Common NuthatchSitta europaea27 GBIF counts
- RIOUTurdus torquatus80 GBIF counts
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus244 GBIF counts
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis231 GBIF counts
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida189 GBIF counts
- Mediterranean FlycatcherMuscicapa striata49 GBIF counts
- BLKIMilvus migrans28 GBIF counts
- Dougall's TernSterna dougallii146 GBIF counts
- BCNHNycticorax nycticorax44 GBIF counts
- EHBUPernis apivorus41 GBIF counts
- Aunt SarahTringa melanoleuca127 GBIF counts
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides64 GBIF counts
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus189 GBIF counts
- EUGOOriolus oriolus57 GBIF counts
- MOHACircus pygargus19 GBIF counts
- Coal TitPeriparus ater79 GBIF counts
- PAHACircus macrourus27 GBIF counts
- Black-throated WaxwingBombycilla garrulus201 GBIF counts
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia26 GBIF counts
- COQUCoturnix coturnix48 GBIF counts
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis34 GBIF counts
- HOCRCorvus cornix55 GBIF counts
- WWBTChlidonias leucopterus138 GBIF counts
- Lesser WhitethroatSylvia curruca29 GBIF counts
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina27 GBIF counts
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides25 GBIF counts
- Bahama PintailAnas bahamensis10 GBIF counts
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris38 GBIF counts
- Eurasian Yellow BuntingEmberiza citrinella13 GBIF counts
- EUSESerinus serinus21 GBIF counts
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor211 GBIF counts
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus19 GBIF counts
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis9 GBIF counts
- RBSHLanius collurio16 GBIF counts
- Common White-eyeAythya nyroca47 GBIF counts
- Moon-billAythya collaris169 GBIF counts
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla20 GBIF counts
- ESCUBurhinus oedicnemus37 GBIF counts
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus8 GBIF counts
- RFFAFalco vespertinus25 GBIF counts
- COHOUpupa epops10 GBIF counts
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana40 GBIF counts
- Arctic JagerStercorarius longicaudus10 GBIF counts
- BonmuragGallus gallus8 GBIF counts
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla16 GBIF counts
- Indian Tree PipitAnthus hodgsoni10 GBIF counts
- American CrossbillLoxia curvirostra14 GBIF counts
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii14 GBIF counts
- Lemon-rumped WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus91 GBIF counts
- Gull-hunterStercorarius pomarinus27 GBIF counts
- EPFLFicedula hypoleuca9 GBIF counts
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos61 GBIF counts
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua6 GBIF counts
- Asiatic peafowlPavo cristatus10 GBIF counts
- LSWODryobates minor7 GBIF counts
- Common Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica13 GBIF counts
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra7 GBIF counts
- MandarinAix galericulata5 GBIF counts
- FWDUDendrocygna bicolor8 GBIF counts
- Leach's PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoa5 GBIF counts
Monthly pattern
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Data source
Counts are aggregated from open observation data supplied through GBIF. They indicate historical reporting patterns, not guaranteed current presence. Last processed: 28 July 2026.