Spain · Basque Country
Urdaibai Reserva de la Biosfera – San Kristobal
229 species and 29,918 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–January, with up to 114 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
DunlinCalidris alpina
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Eurasian MagpiePica picaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Urdaibai RB – bird center y laguna de Orueta4 km231 species
- Inurritza Biotopo – Inurritza44 km233 species
- Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel PNat – Marisma de Colindres62 km189 species
- Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel PNat – Puerto de Santoña63 km181 species
- Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel PNat – Canal de Boo y Marismas de Bengoa63 km206 species
- Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel PNat – Área63 km262 species
All 229 species recorded here
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Urdaibai Reserva de la Biosfera – San Kristobal?
September–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 114 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Urdaibai Reserva de la Biosfera – San Kristobal?
229 species, from 29,918 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Urdaibai Reserva de la Biosfera – San Kristobal in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow, Little Egret, Eurasian Curlew and Yellow-legged 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.