AbstractThis study was conducted seasonally between May and December of 2009 on the avifauna of the Lake Yeongnam (Yeongamho), Jeollanam-do region and the surrounding reclaimed arable land area. The study observed a total of 167,675 birds of 98 species, 29 families and 13 orders. The most dominant species was the baikal teal (Anas Formosa) at 150,000 counts (89.46%), followed by, in decreasing order, the bean goose (Anser fabalis) at 3,175 counts (1.89%) and the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at 1,869 counts (1.11%). In terms of the individual seasons, winter showed the highest species and individual bird counts among all four seasons at 104,710 birds of 59 species. A total of 14 government protected bird species, including the Chinese egret, bean goose, baikal teal, cinereous vulture, hen harrier, sparrow hawk, northern goshawk, common buzzard, rough-legged buzzard, imperial eagle, peregrine falcon, common kestrel, merlin and the long-billed ring plover, were observed during the study.