Switzerland Ramsar wetland
Les Grangettes
254 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
Tschubby · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
122 species in January.116 species in February.133 species in March.178 species in April.183 species in May.100 species in June.113 species in July.128 species in August.148 species in September.106 species in October.105 species in November.124 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.
VU
VU
VUVU
VUVU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
254 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).
- 254Speciesrecorded more than once
- 131Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 7ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 30,815Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 368 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 18Raptors
- 6Owls
- 27Waders
- 20Gulls & seabirds
- 30Ducks & geese
- 16Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 106Songbirds
- 29Other 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 254 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- MerlinFalco columbarius
Owls6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Tengmalm's OwlAegolius funereus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Eurasian Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium passerinum
Waders27 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
Gulls & seabirds20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Great skuaStercorarius skua
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Ducks & geese30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
Herons, ibises & grebes16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds106 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great titParus major
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Citril FinchCarduelis citrinella
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Snow FinchMontifringilla nivalis
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
Other birds29 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- European SwiftApus apus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- PtarmiganLagopus muta
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rock PartridgeAlectoris graecaNT
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
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 April to May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan1°/-6°92 mm
- Feb2°/-6°72 mm
- Mar6°/-2°90 mm
- Apr12°/2°81 mm
- May15°/6°126 mm
- Jun20°/11°114 mm
- Jul22°/12°115 mm
- Aug21°/12°120 mm
- Sep17°/8°81 mm
- Oct13°/4°94 mm
- Nov6°/-1°90 mm
- Dec2°/-4°101 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Les Grangettes.
Protected area in Switzerland (CH34_032012)
Les Grangettes is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Switzerland, 368 m above the sea.
254 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 30,815 open records.
The most recorded are the Coot, the Great Crested Grebe and the Mallard.
71 species come for the summer, 56 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
7 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Velvet scoter and Long-tailed duck.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Camping Les Grangettescampsite · 1.2 km · 13 within 10 km
- Hôtel du Portplace to stay · 3.1 km · 82 within 10 km
- Villeneuvenearest town · 3.3 km in a straight line
- Geneva International Airport (GVA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 62 km in a straight lineCar hire at GVA airport (Geneva)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
Some links above are affiliate links: if you book through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what the data on this page says.
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
- 2bird hides within 6 kmPalissade d’observation des oiseaux
- 1observation towers within 6 km
- 9marked trails within 4 kmVia Francigena, Via Alpina and 7 more
- 2visitor centres within 6 kmMontreux Riviera Tourisme, Montreux Tourisme
- 21viewpoints within 5 kmTabussard and 20 more
- 123car parks within 3 km
- 20restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 13campsites within 10 kmCamping Les Grangettes, Rive Bleue, Camping Les Carettes and 10 more
- 82places to stay within 10 kmHôtel du Port, Hôtel du Quai, Hôtel du Vieux Pêcheur and 79 more
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Les Grangettes.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas227 mountains within 25 kmTour d'Aï2,331 m · 9.6 kmCornettes de Bise2,432 m · 11 kmPic Chaussy2,351 m · 18 kmLa Pare2,540 m · 20 kmLe Tarent2,548 m · 20 kmCulan2,789 m · 24 kmGummfluh2,458 m · 24 kmVanil Noir2,389 m · 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmLac de l'Hongrin0.8 km² · 13 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.
Les Grangettes
Switzerland
- 82Birdyas Score
- 254Species
- 131Migrants
- 7Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q44112476) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 30,815 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, Lakeyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
The family
Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?
Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.
beaches
Find your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakes
Every lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountains
Every summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit 
waterfalls
Every waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit 
islands
Every island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit 
rivers
Every river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit 
canyons
Every canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit 
caves
Every cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit 
dark skies
Where the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit 
viewpoints
Every viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit 
birdwatching
Every bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.You are here
forests
Every forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Coming soonVisit