Bird AlbumMalta
Simar Nature Reserve
115 species and 2,534 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 42 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Il-Majjistral Nature & History Park4 km93 species
- Salina salt pans4 km76 species
- Salina Nature Reserve4 km120 species
- Ghajn Rihana4 km72 species
- Ghadira Nature Reserve4 km162 species
- Cirkewwa7 km85 species
All 115 species recorded here
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Simar Nature Reserve?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 42 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Simar Nature Reserve?
115 species, from 2,534 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Simar Nature Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Coot, Common Starling, Common Moorhen, Sardinian Warbler and European Robin.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.