Malta
Salina Nature Reserve
120 species and 2,884 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and April, with up to 35 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Rock DoveColumba livia
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Salina salt pans0 km76 species
- Ghajn Rihana4 km72 species
- Simar Nature Reserve4 km115 species
- Ghadira Nature Reserve7 km162 species
- Il-Majjistral Nature & History Park7 km93 species
- Cirkewwa10 km85 species
All 120 species recorded here
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Salina Nature Reserve?
January and April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 35 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Salina Nature Reserve?
120 species, from 2,884 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Salina Nature Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Spanish Sparrow, Black-headed Gull 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.