Spain · Castilla–La Mancha
Laguna del Camino de Villafranca
213 species and 34,304 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 137 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Common CraneGrus grus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
White WagtailMotacilla alba
RuffCalidris pugnax
Little StintCalidris minutaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Laguna de la Veguilla3 km229 species
- Tablillas del Záncara – Junta de los Ríos12 km210 species
- Laguna de Navaseca47 km226 species
- Embalse del Vicario – Cola de Peralvillo68 km209 species
All 213 species recorded here
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Laguna del Camino de Villafranca?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 137 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Laguna del Camino de Villafranca?
213 species, from 34,304 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Laguna del Camino de Villafranca in November?
The most recorded in November: Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Shelduck, Black-headed Gull, Greater Flamingo and Western Marsh Harrier.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.