Spain Ramsar wetland
Albufera de Adra
98 bird species recorded; the most in March and in August.
Ismael Olea · CC BY 4.0
This month here
39 species in January.48 species in February.59 species in March.45 species in April.18 species in May.15 species in June.37 species in July.56 species in August.10 species in September.32 species in October.28 species in November.51 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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VUVU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
98 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 98Speciesrecorded more than once
- 31Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,257Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 3Raptors
- 7Waders
- 12Gulls & seabirds
- 10Ducks & geese
- 11Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 40Songbirds
- 13Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 98 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
Waders7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
Gulls & seabirds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Northern gannetMorus bassanus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Ducks & geese10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-headed duckOxyura leucocephala
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Marbled TealMarmaronetta angustirostrisNT
Herons, ibises & grebes11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds40 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Black WheatearOenanthe leucura
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Other birds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in March and in August.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan11°/3°31 mm
- Feb12°/3°32 mm
- Mar14°/5°40 mm
- Apr17°/8°32 mm
- May22°/11°18 mm
- Jun27°/16°4 mm
- Jul31°/19°1 mm
- Aug30°/19°4 mm
- Sep25°/15°22 mm
- Oct20°/12°35 mm
- Nov14°/6°44 mm
- Dec12°/4°40 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Albufera de Adra.
Protected area in Andalusia, Spain
Albufera de Adra is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Spain.
It is also a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive.
98 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,257 open records.
The most recorded are the Audouin's Gull, the Coot and the White-headed duck.
8 species come for the summer, 22 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard and European Turtle Dove.
The most species are recorded in March and in August.
Get there and watch
- Las Vegascampsite · 1.7 km · 4 within 10 km
- Hotel Restaurante Rivera y Braoplace to stay · 1.0 km · 3 within 10 km
- Balanegranearest town · 3.6 km in a straight line
- Almería Airport (LEI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 53 km in a straight lineCar hire at LEI airport (Almería)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1marked trails within 4 kmSendero San Nicolás
- 76car parks within 3 km
- 7restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 4campsites within 10 kmLas Vegas, La Habana, Camping Mar Azul Balerma and 1 more
- 3places to stay within 10 kmHotel Restaurante Rivera y Brao, Hostal La Curva, Cabo de hornos
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Albufera de Adra.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas13 mountains within 25 kmPecho Cuchillo1,955 m · 15 kmPico de la Estrella1,978 m · 18 kmPico de Dos Hermanas1,996 m · 19 kmPico Nuevo Mundo2,113 m · 19 kmCaparidán1,665 m · 20 kmColorados2,125 m · 21 kmJulio Verne1,586 m · 21 kmMorrón de la Parra2,134 m · 21 km
Coastya3 beaches within 10 kmPlaya de San Nicolás · 5.8 kmPlaya Balerma · 6.1 kmPlaya de la Sirena Loca · 7.0 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmAlbufera de Adra0.2 km² · 0.2 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Albufera de Adra
Spain
- 52Birdyas Score
- 98Species
- 31Migrants
- 2Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5663857) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,257 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Coastya, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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