Birdwatching in Westerschelde & Saeftinghe
Historical bird observations from Zeeland.
- species with data
- 287
- GBIF counts
- 5,297,287
- best month
- October
Only bird-location combinations reported in at least 3 calendar months and with at least 5 combined counts are included.
Birds with sufficient data
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope463,858 GBIF counts
- COSTSturnus vulgaris462,030 GBIF counts
- RedwingTurdus iliacus339,855 GBIF counts
- Green PloverVanellus vanellus319,692 GBIF counts
- Domesticated GeeseAnser anser278,318 GBIF counts
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus266,862 GBIF counts
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus199,489 GBIF counts
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis198,178 GBIF counts
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis189,938 GBIF counts
- Common JackdawColoeus monedula158,171 GBIF counts
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos145,148 GBIF counts
- COSHTadorna tadorna132,627 GBIF counts
- Common CurlewNumenius arquata132,598 GBIF counts
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta98,269 GBIF counts
- Black-backed GullLarus fuscus96,459 GBIF counts
- DunlinCalidris alpina96,280 GBIF counts
- EGPLPluvialis apricaria70,387 GBIF counts
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca66,538 GBIF counts
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula58,227 GBIF counts
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus56,418 GBIF counts
- CORETringa totanus56,004 GBIF counts
- C FFringilla coelebs54,581 GBIF counts
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus52,537 GBIF counts
- Black CootFulica atra50,322 GBIF counts
- Black ShagPhalacrocorax carbo46,627 GBIF counts
- Eurasian GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis38,329 GBIF counts
- Common TernSterna hirundo38,156 GBIF counts
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia37,494 GBIF counts
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula34,197 GBIF counts
- BrantBranta bernicla32,164 GBIF counts
- BTGOLimosa limosa27,822 GBIF counts
- GadwallMareca strepera27,560 GBIF counts
- Chota bokEgretta garzetta26,952 GBIF counts
- SOTHTurdus philomelos24,716 GBIF counts
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata24,060 GBIF counts
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis23,708 GBIF counts
- RuffCalidris pugnax23,583 GBIF counts
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone22,667 GBIF counts
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus22,371 GBIF counts
- Pond birdArenaria interpres21,101 GBIF counts
- MEPIAnthus pratensis19,359 GBIF counts
- Black-billed MagpiePica pica19,350 GBIF counts
- BlackbirdTurdus merula19,210 GBIF counts
- Common House SparrowPasser domesticus17,905 GBIF counts
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea17,559 GBIF counts
- MEGUIchthyaetus melanocephalus17,080 GBIF counts
- Stock DoveColumba oenas17,032 GBIF counts
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis16,363 GBIF counts
- Brown LinnetLinaria cannabina15,705 GBIF counts
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus14,366 GBIF counts
- BuzzardButeo buteo14,207 GBIF counts
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica13,810 GBIF counts
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto13,740 GBIF counts
- Pond BirdCalidris alba13,478 GBIF counts
- COSNGallinago gallinago13,064 GBIF counts
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca13,050 GBIF counts
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons13,001 GBIF counts
- Common GullLarus canus12,474 GBIF counts
- GRTIParus major12,242 GBIF counts
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita12,082 GBIF counts
- BASWHirundo rustica11,799 GBIF counts
- Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus11,723 GBIF counts
- Continental RobinErithacus rubecula10,981 GBIF counts
- Common GallinuleGallinula chloropus10,793 GBIF counts
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus9,858 GBIF counts
- Japanese Snow FairyAegithalos caudatus9,820 GBIF counts
- Common GreenfinchChloris chloris8,857 GBIF counts
- European WheatearOenanthe oenanthe8,416 GBIF counts
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus7,729 GBIF counts
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus7,422 GBIF counts
- Common PartridgePerdix perdix6,641 GBIF counts
- Black Bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola6,477 GBIF counts
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola6,131 GBIF counts
- Pied Wagtail and White WagtailMotacilla alba6,025 GBIF counts
- Common WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus5,704 GBIF counts
- EUWRTroglodytes troglodytes5,636 GBIF counts
- LIGRTachybaptus ruficollis5,575 GBIF counts
- Common PintailAnas acuta5,426 GBIF counts
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla5,405 GBIF counts
- EUMHCircus aeruginosus5,319 GBIF counts
- Common House-MartinDelichon urbicum5,251 GBIF counts
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis5,199 GBIF counts
- BillyPrunella modularis5,129 GBIF counts
- Great EgretArdea alba4,813 GBIF counts
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos4,698 GBIF counts
- Acorn JayGarrulus glandarius4,679 GBIF counts
- GSWODendrocopos major4,645 GBIF counts
- Mute SwanCygnus olor4,610 GBIF counts
- Fishing DuckMergus serrator3,998 GBIF counts
- COPOAythya ferina3,706 GBIF counts
- SEWAAcrocephalus schoenobaenus3,487 GBIF counts
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus3,412 GBIF counts
- Bearded ParrotbillPanurus biarmicus3,377 GBIF counts
- DotterelCharadrius morinellus3,285 GBIF counts
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2,904 GBIF counts
- Choto machrangaAlcedo atthis2,844 GBIF counts
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica2,806 GBIF counts
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2,459 GBIF counts
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2,406 GBIF counts
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2,390 GBIF counts
- Common GoldcrestRegulus regulus2,225 GBIF counts
- STTRCerthia brachydactyla1,779 GBIF counts
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus1,742 GBIF counts
- (southern and northern) guillemotUria aalge1,716 GBIF counts
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula1,481 GBIF counts
- Eurasian Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis1,472 GBIF counts
- Blue-headed WagtailMotacilla flava1,404 GBIF counts
- Eurasian Rock PipitAnthus petrosus1,378 GBIF counts
- Common KnotCalidris canutus1,316 GBIF counts
- European ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelis1,246 GBIF counts
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus1,236 GBIF counts
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea1,222 GBIF counts
- American EiderSomateria mollissima1,219 GBIF counts
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia1,157 GBIF counts
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus992 GBIF counts
- European White StorkCiconia ciconia985 GBIF counts
- Duck HawkFalco peregrinus978 GBIF counts
- Barn OwlTyto alba809 GBIF counts
- Cat OwlAsio otus792 GBIF counts
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla786 GBIF counts
- WOLALullula arborea737 GBIF counts
- African/Eurasian Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus737 GBIF counts
- Common SiskinSpinus spinus711 GBIF counts
- Bog OwlAsio flammeus689 GBIF counts
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti688 GBIF counts
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros627 GBIF counts
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis583 GBIF counts
- Eurasian SparrowPasser montanus577 GBIF counts
- CucumiauAthene noctua567 GBIF counts
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla527 GBIF counts
- Fan-Tailed WarblerCisticola juncidis521 GBIF counts
- Common GannetMorus bassanus509 GBIF counts
- HEHACircus cyaneus474 GBIF counts
- Common PigeonColumba livia378 GBIF counts
- Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis367 GBIF counts
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes318 GBIF counts
- GRWAMotacilla cinerea311 GBIF counts
- Red KiteMilvus milvus245 GBIF counts
- LISTCalidris minuta216 GBIF counts
- Black ScoterMelanitta nigra182 GBIF counts
- Bar-Headed GooseAnser indicus178 GBIF counts
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra173 GBIF counts
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima456 GBIF counts
- YLGULarus michahellis167 GBIF counts
- GarganeySpatula querquedula1,217 GBIF counts
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus441 GBIF counts
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris122,742 GBIF counts
- Common SwiftApus apus19,894 GBIF counts
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris7,206 GBIF counts
- African Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus6,909 GBIF counts
- BASWRiparia riparia3,560 GBIF counts
- Eurasian Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2,913 GBIF counts
- Big fish-duckMergus merganser2,088 GBIF counts
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans128 GBIF counts
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus1,548 GBIF counts
- Grey Sea EagleHaliaeetus albicilla194 GBIF counts
- Black SwanCygnus atratus148 GBIF counts
- Little TernSternula albifrons12,214 GBIF counts
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra1,661 GBIF counts
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina208 GBIF counts
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus913 GBIF counts
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius887 GBIF counts
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus522 GBIF counts
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea843 GBIF counts
- COCRGrus grus819 GBIF counts
- Rock Pipit and Water PipitAnthus spinoletta478 GBIF counts
- Razor-billed AukAlca torda443 GBIF counts
- BitternBotaurus stellaris156 GBIF counts
- BCNHNycticorax nycticorax252 GBIF counts
- Common WhitethroatSylvia communis2,701 GBIF counts
- American RavenCorvus corax252 GBIF counts
- Bewic's swanCygnus columbianus939 GBIF counts
- RookCorvus frugilegus124 GBIF counts
- JASNLymnocryptes minimus554 GBIF counts
- Cape-racerGavia stellata324 GBIF counts
- EUHOFalco subbuteo524 GBIF counts
- HOCRCorvus cornix68 GBIF counts
- Arctic RedpollAcanthis flammea67 GBIF counts
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin796 GBIF counts
- White-Headed DuckOxyura leucocephala240 GBIF counts
- Bullet HawkFalco columbarius171 GBIF counts
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus281 GBIF counts
- RIOUTurdus torquatus700 GBIF counts
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea254 GBIF counts
- EPFLFicedula hypoleuca371 GBIF counts
- Eurasian Yellow BuntingEmberiza citrinella419 GBIF counts
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus345 GBIF counts
- Black TernChlidonias niger345 GBIF counts
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos526 GBIF counts
- Mediterranean FlycatcherMuscicapa striata314 GBIF counts
- Brown Tree-PipitAnthus trivialis279 GBIF counts
- GGSHLanius excubitor168 GBIF counts
- Blue GooseAnser caerulescens139 GBIF counts
- American CrossbillLoxia curvirostra269 GBIF counts
- Chilean FlamingoPhoenicopterus chilensis179 GBIF counts
- EHBUPernis apivorus348 GBIF counts
- Fish HawkPandion haliaetus188 GBIF counts
- Mouse HawkButeo lagopus380 GBIF counts
- LSWODryobates minor34 GBIF counts
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis55 GBIF counts
- EUSESerinus serinus173 GBIF counts
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis264 GBIF counts
- Coal TitPeriparus ater81 GBIF counts
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia208 GBIF counts
- Common Horned LarkEremophila alpestris197 GBIF counts
- Burgomaster GullLarus hyperboreus85 GBIF counts
- Velvet DuckMelanitta fusca292 GBIF counts
- Common LoonGavia immer467 GBIF counts
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola103 GBIF counts
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena101 GBIF counts
- Lesser WhitethroatSylvia curruca166 GBIF counts
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea56 GBIF counts
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola149 GBIF counts
- MOHACircus pygargus142 GBIF counts
- RFFAFalco vespertinus382 GBIF counts
- COHOUpupa epops138 GBIF counts
- Lapland BuntingCalcarius lapponicus307 GBIF counts
- Black-throated WaxwingBombycilla garrulus257 GBIF counts
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris214 GBIF counts
- BLKIMilvus migrans46 GBIF counts
- BLSTCiconia nigra156 GBIF counts
- Inornate WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus365 GBIF counts
- Common Penduline-TitRemiz pendulinus80 GBIF counts
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua48 GBIF counts
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides110 GBIF counts
- Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus46 GBIF counts
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva100 GBIF counts
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides60 GBIF counts
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii95 GBIF counts
- Arctic DiverGavia arctica185 GBIF counts
- SmewMergellus albellus149 GBIF counts
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle479 GBIF counts
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina137 GBIF counts
- COQUCoturnix coturnix80 GBIF counts
- Big Black-headAythya marila39 GBIF counts
- WOSHLanius senator107 GBIF counts
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris104 GBIF counts
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana123 GBIF counts
- PAHACircus macrourus36 GBIF counts
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster79 GBIF counts
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla89 GBIF counts
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi76 GBIF counts
- DovekieAlle alle104 GBIF counts
- American Wood DuckAix sponsa26 GBIF counts
- Indian Tree PipitAnthus hodgsoni98 GBIF counts
- European FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus60 GBIF counts
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides10 GBIF counts
- ButterballBucephala clangula57 GBIF counts
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis27 GBIF counts
- BWKIElanus caeruleus57 GBIF counts
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos48 GBIF counts
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus14 GBIF counts
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus126 GBIF counts
- Common NuthatchSitta europaea19 GBIF counts
- Barbary DuckCairina moschata26 GBIF counts
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris185 GBIF counts
- Horned Wary Ross’ GooseAnser rossii20 GBIF counts
- DEWHOenanthe deserti161 GBIF counts
- RBSHLanius collurio96 GBIF counts
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus32 GBIF counts
- EUGOOriolus oriolus35 GBIF counts
- American WidgeonMareca americana66 GBIF counts
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus31 GBIF counts
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix15 GBIF counts
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis35 GBIF counts
- Gull-hunterStercorarius pomarinus17 GBIF counts
- Asiatic peafowlPavo cristatus20 GBIF counts
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana45 GBIF counts
- Silver TealSpatula versicolor17 GBIF counts
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla40 GBIF counts
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia13 GBIF counts
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus10 GBIF counts
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis61 GBIF counts
- Sabine's GullXema sabini53 GBIF counts
- ESCUBurhinus oedicnemus52 GBIF counts
- Indian RingneckPsittacula krameri14 GBIF counts
- Rose-Coloured StarlingPastor roseus10 GBIF counts
- Emperor GooseAnser canagicus16 GBIF counts
- Lemon-rumped WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus22 GBIF counts
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba12 GBIF counts
- Red GullRhodostethia rosea110 GBIF counts
- BonmuragGallus gallus5 GBIF counts
- Arctic JagerStercorarius longicaudus11 GBIF counts
- MandarinAix galericulata5 GBIF counts
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica7 GBIF counts
- Bird of KingsFalco rusticolus6 GBIF counts
- CHPAAlectoris chukar6 GBIF counts
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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.