Only birds likely to be seen at the Basin are listed here.
| English Name | German Name | English Name | German Name | |
| Red-throated diver | Sterntaucher | Turnstone | Steinwälzer | |
| Little grebe | Zwergtaucher | Black headed gull | Lachmöwe | |
| Great crested grebe | Haubentaucher | Common gull | Sturmmöwe | |
| Cormorant | Kormoran | Lesser black-backed gull | Heringsmöwe | |
| Grey heron | Graureiher | Herring gull | Silbermöwe | |
| Mute swan | Höckerschwan | Greater black-backed gull | Mantelmöwe | |
| Whooper swan | Singschwan | Sandwich tern | Brandseeschwalbe | |
| Pink footed goose | Kurzschnabelgans | Common tern | Flußseeschwalbe | |
| Greylag goose | Graugans | Arctic tern | Küstenseeschwalbe | |
| Barnacle goose | Nonnengans | Little tern | Zwergseeschwalbe | |
| Brent goose | Ringelgans | Guillemot | Trottellumme | |
| Shelduck | Brandgans | Stock dove | Hohltaube | |
| Wigeon | Pfeifente | Woodpigeon | Ringeltaube | |
| Teal | Krickente | Collared dove | Türkentaube | |
| Mallard | Stockente | Swift | Mauersegler | |
| Pintail | Spießente | Kingfisher | Eisvogel | |
| Shoveler | Löffelente | Skylark | Feldlerche | |
| Pochard | Tafelente | Sand martin | Uferschwalbe | |
| Tufted duck | Reiherente | Swallow | Rauchschwalbe | |
| Scaup | Bergente | House martin | Mehlschwalbe | |
| Eider | Eiderente | Meadow pipit | Wiesenpieper | |
| Goldeneye | Schellente | Grey wagtail | Gebirgsstelze | |
| Red breasted merganser | Mittelsäger | Pied wagtail | Bachstelze | |
| Goosander | Gänsesäger | Wren | Zaunkönig | |
| Marsh harrier | Rohrweihe | Dunnock | Heckenbraunelle | |
| Hen harrier | Kornweihe | Robin | Rotkehlchen | |
| Sparrowhawk | Sperber | Whinchat | Braunkehlchen | |
| Buzzard | Mäusebussard | Stonechat | Schwarzkehlchen | |
| Osprey | Fischadler | Wheatear | Steinschmätzer | |
| Kestrel | Turmfalke | Blackbird | Amsel | |
| Peregrine falcon | Wanderfalke | Fieldfare | Wacholderdrossel | |
| Grey partridge | Rebhuhn | Song thrush | Singdrossel | |
| Pheasant | Fasan | Redwing | Rotdrossel | |
| Water rail | Wasserralle | Mistle thrush | Misteldrossel | |
| Moorhen | Teichhuhn | Sedge warbler | Schilfrohrsänger | |
| Coot | Bläßhuhn | Whitethroat | Dorngrasmücke | |
| Oystercatcher | Austernfischer | Willow warbler | Fitis | |
| Ringed Plover | Sandregenpfeifer | Goldcrest | Wintergoldhähnchen | |
| Golden Plover | Goldregenpfeifer | Coal tit | Tannenmeise | |
| Grey Plover | Kiebitzregenpfeifer | Blue tit | Blaumeise | |
| Lapwing | Kiebitz | Great tit | Kohlmeise | |
| Knot | Knutt | Jackdaw | Dohle | |
| Dunlin | Alpenstrandläufer | Rook | Saatkrähe | |
| Ruff | Kampfläufer | Carrion crow | Aaskrähe | |
| Jack Snipe | Zwergschnepfe | Starling | Star | |
| Snipe | Bekassine | House sparrow | Haussperling | |
| Woodcock | Waldschnepfe | Tree sparrow | Feldsperling | |
| Black-tailed godwit | Uferschnepfe | Chaffinch | Buchfink | |
| Bar-tailed godwit | Pfuhlschnepfe | Brambling | Bergfink | |
| Whimbrel | Regenbrachvogel | Greenfinch | Grünling | |
| Curlew | Großer Brachvogel | Goldfinch | Stieglitz | |
| Redshank | Rotschenkel | Yellowhammer | Goldammer | |
| Greenshank | Grünschenkel | Reed bunting | Rohrammer | |
| Common sandpiper | Flußuferläufer |