Spain · Castile and León
Lagunas de Atapuerca
222 species and 54,604 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and August–September, with up to 150 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Villalonquéjar23 km187 species
- Hoces Ebro Rudrón PNat – Zamanzas-Los Altos55 km138 species
- Hoces Ebro Rudrón PNat – Molino del Canto55 km113 species
- Embalse del Ebro – Arija-Playas78 km193 species
All 222 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Great Tit Parus major
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lagunas de Atapuerca?
April and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 150 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lagunas de Atapuerca?
222 species, from 54,604 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lagunas de Atapuerca in November?
The most recorded in November: Red Kite, Carrion Crow, Cetti's Warbler, Spotless Starling and White Wagtail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.