France Ramsar wetland
Saint-Paul Pond
63 bird species recorded; the most from September to December.
Thierry Caro · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
40 species in January.41 species in February.35 species in March.39 species in April.36 species in May.32 species in June.36 species in July.36 species in August.43 species in September.45 species in October.45 species in November.43 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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- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
63 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).
- 63Speciesrecorded more than once
- 20Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 10,661Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 3Raptors
- 6Waders
- 15Gulls & seabirds
- 2Ducks & geese
- 1Herons, ibises & grebes
- 18Songbirds
- 18Other 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 63 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Reunion Marsh-harrierCircus maillardi
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Sooty FalconFalco concolorVU
Waders6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
Gulls & seabirds15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Audubon's ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
- Barau's PetrelPterodroma baraui
- Anous stolidusAnous stolidus
- Wedge-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus pacificus
- Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostris
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Angel TernGygis alba
- Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Ducks & geese2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Herons, ibises & grebes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Striated HeronButorides striata
Songbirds18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Reunion Grey White-eyeZosterops borbonicus
- Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Madagascar Red FodyFoudia madagascariensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Réunion StonechatSaxicola tectes
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Olivaceous BulbulHypsipetes borbonicusNT
- Reunion Olive White-eyeZosterops olivaceus
- Mascarene Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone bourbonnensis
- Mascarene MartinPhedina borbonica
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Cape CanarySerinus canicollis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
Other birds18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
- Madagascar Turtle-DoveNesoenas picturatus
- Mauritius SwiftletAerodramus francicusNT
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Madagascan ButtonquailTurnix nigricollis
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Jungle Bush-QuailPerdicula asiatica
- Madagascan PartridgeMargaroperdix madagarensis
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- King QuailSynoicus chinensis
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Blue-and-yellow MacawAra ararauna
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 September to December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan28°/27°133 mm
- Feb29°/28°95 mm
- Mar29°/28°119 mm
- Apr28°/27°59 mm
- May27°/25°40 mm
- Jun25°/24°22 mm
- Jul24°/23°19 mm
- Aug24°/23°18 mm
- Sep24°/23°19 mm
- Oct25°/24°22 mm
- Nov26°/25°37 mm
- Dec28°/26°48 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Saint-Paul Pond.
Pond in Réunion, France
Saint-Paul Pond is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in France.
63 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 10,661 open records.
The most recorded are the Reunion Grey White-eye, the Red-whiskered Bulbul and the Common Myna.
11 species come for the summer, 6 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Sooty Falcon and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded from September to December.
Get there and watch
- Par Feu Jardincampsite · 9.6 km · 6 within 10 km
- Hôtel d'applicationplace to stay · 3.8 km · 51 within 10 km
- Saint-Paulnearest town · 2.4 km in a straight line
- Roland Garros Airport (RUN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 27 km in a straight lineCar hire at RUN airport (Sainte-Marie)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
- 7viewpoints within 5 kmPoint de vue du Centhor, Point de vue Bassin des Cormorans and 5 more
- 155car parks within 3 km
- 29restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 6campsites within 10 kmPar Feu Jardin, Camping Ermitage Lagon, Camping Chez Théo and 3 more
- 51places to stay within 10 kmHôtel d'application, Côté Canelle, Magdeleine Dominique and 48 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 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 Saint-Paul Pond.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas72 mountains within 25 kmPiton des Hauts Saint-Gilles2,378 m · 15 kmPiton Rouge2,402 m · 18 kmGrand Bénare2,898 m · 19 kmPetit Bénare2,600 m · 20 kmGros Morne3,019 m · 20 kmPiton des Neiges3,070 m · 22 km↗Massif du Piton des Neiges3,070 m · 24 kmTrois Petits Bonhommes2,464 m · 25 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmL'Entonnoir · 15 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.
Saint-Paul Pond
France
- 46Birdyas Score
- 63Species
- 20Migrants
- 3Threatened
Rivulet Terre Rouge Estuary Bird Sanctuary
Mauritius · 248 km
- 52Birdyas Score
- 57Species
- 21Migrants
- 5Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3591716) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 10,661 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, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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