Spain · Extremadura
Embalse de Arrocampo – Observatorio 2
196 species and 44,710 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April, with up to 124 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Water RailRallus aquaticus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Monfragüe PN – Portilla del Tiétar24 km164 species
- Monfragüe PN27 km185 species
- Monfragüe PN – Peña Falcón/Salto del Gitano32 km158 species
- Laguna de Galisteo54 km205 species
- Embalse de Alcollarín65 km219 species
- Embalse de Portaje72 km218 species
All 196 species recorded here
- Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Embalse de Arrocampo – Observatorio 2?
March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 124 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Embalse de Arrocampo – Observatorio 2?
196 species, from 44,710 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Embalse de Arrocampo – Observatorio 2 in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Chiffchaff, Western Marsh Harrier, Great Cormorant, Western Swamphen and Cetti's Warbler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.