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Lagoa de Albufeira – Lagoa da Estacada
200 species and 32,561 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March and September–October, with up to 105 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
GadwallMareca strepera
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
White WagtailMotacilla albaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lagoa de Albufeira – área geral2 km239 species
- PN Arrábida – cabo Espichel – área geral13 km209 species
- Parque da Paz15 km139 species
- Costa da Caparica – área norte17 km184 species
- Complexo Desportivo Nacional do Jamor22 km129 species
- Jardim do Cabeço das Rolas26 km118 species
All 200 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Great Tit Parus major
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lagoa de Albufeira – Lagoa da Estacada?
March and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 105 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lagoa de Albufeira – Lagoa da Estacada?
200 species, from 32,561 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lagoa de Albufeira – Lagoa da Estacada in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Cormorant, Grey Heron, Mallard, Eurasian Coot and Northern Shoveler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.