Spain · Madrid Province
Embalse de Pedrezuela – Guadalix de la Sierra
235 species and 73,845 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April and August–September, with up to 149 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
GadwallMareca strepera
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Red KiteMilvus milvusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Emb. Santillana – Aº Chozas12 km197 species
- Emb. Santillana – antigua crta13 km207 species
- Madrid – Parque Forestal Valdebebas32 km165 species
- Casa de Campo, Madrid40 km166 species
- Río Manzanares – Pte Reina Victoria-Pte Segovia40 km134 species
- Parque El Retiro-Madrid40 km151 species
All 235 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Great Tit Parus major
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Embalse de Pedrezuela – Guadalix de la Sierra?
March–April and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 149 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Embalse de Pedrezuela – Guadalix de la Sierra?
235 species, from 73,845 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Embalse de Pedrezuela – Guadalix de la Sierra in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Coot, Great Crested Grebe and Gadwall.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.