Malta
Ghadira Nature Reserve
162 species and 5,382 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 73 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Cirkewwa3 km85 species
- Il-Majjistral Nature & History Park3 km93 species
- Simar Nature Reserve4 km115 species
- Comino5 km146 species
- Salina salt pans7 km76 species
- Salina Nature Reserve7 km120 species
All 162 species recorded here
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Moltoni's Warbler Curruca subalpina
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ghadira Nature Reserve?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 73 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ghadira Nature Reserve?
162 species, from 5,382 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ghadira Nature Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Moorhen, White Wagtail, Spanish Sparrow, Common Chiffchaff and Zitting Cisticola.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.