Spain · Basque Country
Urdaibai RB – bird center y laguna de Orueta
231 species and 176,064 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August–September, with up to 138 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian CootFulica atra
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
GadwallMareca streperaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Urdaibai Reserva de la Biosfera – San Kristobal4 km229 species
- Inurritza Biotopo – Inurritza41 km233 species
- Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel PNat – Marisma de Colindres65 km189 species
- Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel PNat – Puerto de Santoña66 km181 species
- Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel PNat – Área66 km262 species
- Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel PNat – Canal de Boo y Marismas de Bengoa66 km206 species
All 231 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Urdaibai RB – bird center y laguna de Orueta?
April–May and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 138 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Urdaibai RB – bird center y laguna de Orueta?
231 species, from 176,064 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Urdaibai RB – bird center y laguna de Orueta in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Grey Heron, Little Grebe, Great Cormorant and Eurasian Coot.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.