Barbados Ramsar wetland
Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary
134 bird species recorded; the most from October to January.
ChrisJBrady · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
87 species in January.87 species in February.86 species in March.81 species in April.78 species in May.67 species in June.64 species in July.65 species in August.64 species in September.89 species in October.89 species in November.89 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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NTNTNT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
134 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 134Speciesrecorded more than once
- 47Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 34,586Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 4Raptors
- 23Waders
- 20Gulls & seabirds
- 15Ducks & geese
- 19Herons, ibises & grebes
- 28Songbirds
- 25Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 134 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- MerlinFalco columbarius
Waders23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
Gulls & seabirds20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Phaethon aethereusPhaethon aethereus
- Anous stolidusAnous stolidus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Great shearwaterPuffinus gravis
Ducks & geese15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- West Indian Whistling DuckDendrocygna arboreaNT
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herons, ibises & grebes19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
Songbirds28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Barbados BullfinchLoxigilla barbadensis
- Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- Grassland Yellow-FinchSicalis luteola
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Giant CowbirdMolothrus oryzivorus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatus
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
Other birds25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
- Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
- Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green-throated CaribEulampis holosericeus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Antillean Crested HummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Orange-winged AmazonAmazona amazonica
- American CootFulica americana
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Yellow-crowned AmazonAmazona ochrocephala
- White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephalaNT
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- American Black SwiftCypseloides nigerVU
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from October to January.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan27°/26°34 mm
- Feb27°/26°19 mm
- Mar27°/26°19 mm
- Apr28°/26°28 mm
- May28°/27°52 mm
- Jun28°/27°72 mm
- Jul28°/27°74 mm
- Aug29°/28°95 mm
- Sep29°/28°98 mm
- Oct29°/28°132 mm
- Nov28°/27°107 mm
- Dec28°/27°49 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary.
Building in Barbados
Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Barbados.
134 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 34,586 open records.
The most recorded are the Barbados Bullfinch, the Zenaida Dove and the Carib Grackle.
19 species come for the summer, 28 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
6 are threatened worldwide, including Lesser yellowlegs, Grey Plover and White-rumped Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded from October to January.
Get there and watch
- Coral Sands Beach Resortplace to stay · 0.4 km · 119 within 10 km
- Hastingsnearest town · 2.1 km in a straight line
- Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 9 km in a straight lineCar hire at BGI airport (Bridgetown)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 2visitor centres within 6 kmButler Elite Lounge, Blades Beach Rentals
- 97car parks within 3 km
- 105restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 119places to stay within 10 kmCoral Sands Beach Resort, Tamkris Apartments, Newstead Cottage and 116 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas12 mountains within 25 kmChrist Church Ridge87 m · 5.0 kmPennyhole Rock26 m · 12 kmMount Hillaby340 m · 16 km↗Hackletons Cliff279 m · 16 kmCongor Rocks104 m · 16 kmChalky Mount220 m · 16 kmFarley Hill232 m · 22 kmPico Teneriffe100 m · 24 km↗
Coastya5 beaches within 10 kmWorthing Beach · 0.6 km↗Dover Beach · 1.1 kmRockley Beach · 1.3 kmMaxwell Coast · 2.1 km↗Little Bay · 7.2 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary
Barbados
- 64Birdyas Score
- 134Species
- 47Migrants
- 6Threatened
Caroni Swamp
Trinidad and Tobago · 343 km
- 81Birdyas Score
- 319Species
- 101Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5592275) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 34,586 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Coastya |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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