Spain · Galicia
Vigo – Xunqueira do Lagares
162 species and 30,544 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–October, with up to 79 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
European RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Sapal do Coura36 km154 species
- PN Litoral Norte – Estuário do Cávado – área geral75 km237 species
All 162 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Great Tit Parus major
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Vigo – Xunqueira do Lagares?
August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 79 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Vigo – Xunqueira do Lagares?
162 species, from 30,544 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Vigo – Xunqueira do Lagares in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Heron, Mallard, Little Egret, Yellow-legged Gull and Common Sandpiper.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.