Latvia · Rucava Municipality
Papes Ornitologiska stacija
229 species and 4,316 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 92 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
RedpollAcanthis flammea
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Greater ScaupAythya marila
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
Great TitParus major
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Liepāja, S breakwater39 km123 species
- Melnragė Pier49 km147 species
- Kopgalis Cape50 km166 species
All 229 species recorded here
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Northern Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Papes Ornitologiska stacija?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 92 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Papes Ornitologiska stacija?
229 species, from 4,316 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Papes Ornitologiska stacija in November?
The most recorded in November: Redpoll, Great Cormorant, Hen Harrier, Fieldfare and Eurasian Sparrowhawk.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.