Bird AlbumSpain · Aragon
Embalse de San Salvador
215 species and 45,645 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 142 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great EgretArdea alba
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Common LinnetLinaria cannabinaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Estany d'Ivars – Area62 km250 species
- Alberca de Loreto67 km201 species
All 215 species recorded here
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Embalse de San Salvador?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 142 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Embalse de San Salvador?
215 species, from 45,645 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Embalse de San Salvador in November?
The most recorded in November: Yellow-legged Gull, Mallard, Great Egret, Black-headed Gull and Northern Lapwing.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.