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Aiguamolls de l'Empordà PNat – El Matà
250 species and 52,682 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 170 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
European RobinErithacus rubecula
DunlinCalidris alpina
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea93 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 250 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Aiguamolls de l'Empordà PNat – Area General2 km282 species
All 250 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Great Tit Parus major
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Aiguamolls de l'Empordà PNat – El Matà?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 170 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Aiguamolls de l'Empordà PNat – El Matà?
250 species, from 52,682 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Aiguamolls de l'Empordà PNat – El Matà in November?
The most recorded in November: Green Sandpiper, White Wagtail, Northern Lapwing, European Robin and Dunlin.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.