Spain · Extremadura
Embalse de Alcollarín
219 species and 44,501 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April, with up to 148 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Great EgretArdea alba
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
GadwallMareca strepera
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Embalse de Arrocampo – Observatorio 265 km196 species
- Monfragüe PN67 km185 species
- Monfragüe PN – Peña Falcón/Salto del Gitano69 km158 species
- Monfragüe PN – Portilla del Tiétar69 km164 species
All 219 species recorded here
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Great Tit Parus major
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Embalse de Alcollarín?
March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 148 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Embalse de Alcollarín?
219 species, from 44,501 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Embalse de Alcollarín in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Grebe, Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Northern Shoveler and Great Crested Grebe.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.