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RNL Estuário do Douro – área geral
215 species and 70,187 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–December, with up to 114 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Parque da Cidade do Porto4 km159 species
- Barrinha de Esmoriz19 km259 species
- Estuário do Ave24 km174 species
- Pateiras do Ave24 km147 species
- Ria de Aveiro – frente ribeirinha e campos da Murtosa44 km184 species
- PN Litoral Norte – Estuário do Cávado – área geral44 km237 species
All 215 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at RNL Estuário do Douro – área geral?
August–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 114 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at RNL Estuário do Douro – área geral?
215 species, from 70,187 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at RNL Estuário do Douro – área geral in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Heron, Great Cormorant, Little Egret, Black-headed Gull and Lesser Black-backed 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.