Bird AlbumSpain · Cantabria
Ría de San Martín – EDAR Vuelta Ostrera
221 species and 40,299 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–September and November–December, with up to 120 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Greylag GooseAnser anser102 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 221 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Embalse del Ebro – Arija-Playas45 km193 species
- Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel PNat – Área45 km262 species
- Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel PNat – Puerto de Santoña46 km181 species
- Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel PNat – Canal de Boo y Marismas de Bengoa46 km206 species
- Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel PNat – Marisma de Colindres46 km189 species
- Hoces Ebro Rudrón PNat – Molino del Canto66 km113 species
All 221 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Tit Parus major
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ría de San Martín – EDAR Vuelta Ostrera?
August–September and November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 120 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ría de San Martín – EDAR Vuelta Ostrera?
221 species, from 40,299 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ría de San Martín – EDAR Vuelta Ostrera in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Teal, Little Egret, Mallard, Great Cormorant and Black-headed Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.