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Coedo

172 bird species recorded; the most from October to November.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec113at the peak
Species recorded in each month · tap a month

Triedros · CC BY-SA 4.0

This month here

80 species in January.

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.

Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorAndreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5
Great Cormorant
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorJJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Yellow-legged Gull
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentJörg Hempel · CC BY-SA 2.0 de
Meadow Pipit
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorAndreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5
Carrion Crow
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentAlexis Lours · CC BY 4.0
Little Egret
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorBirdman1 · CC BY 2.5
Common Sandpiper
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorChristoph Müller · CC BY-SA 4.0
Black-headed Gull
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentDiliff · CC BY-SA 3.0
Eurasian Chaffinch
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentGilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mallard
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentTetiana.iefimenko · CC BY 4.0
Grey Heron
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentVassilios Vescoukis · CC BY-SA 4.0
Black Redstart
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentTisha Mukherjee · CC BY-SA 4.0
Eurasian Blackbird
Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentKahvilokki · CC BY-SA 4.0
European Robin
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCharles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
Common Starling
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitormarsupium photography · CC BY-SA 2.0
Little Grebe
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0
European Goldfinch
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentPierre Dalous · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Wood Pigeon
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbusResidentTristan Ferne from UK · CC BY 2.0
White Wagtail
White WagtailMotacilla albaResidentAndreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5
Eurasian Wren
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentAlexis Lours · CC BY 4.0
House Sparrow
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorDiliff · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Kestrel
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorAndreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5
Common Chiffchaff
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorAlexis Lours · CC BY 4.0
Eurasian Teal
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorKoshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India · CC BY 2.0
  • Resident all year
  • Summer visitor comes to breed
  • Winter visitor comes for the winter
  • Passage migrant in spring and autumn

In numbers

172 species, counted.

73out of 100

Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).

  • 172Speciesrecorded more than once
  • 89Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
  • 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
  • 7,973Recordsopen records within 6 km
  • 12Raptors
  • 4Owls
  • 23Waders
  • 26Gulls & seabirds
  • 11Ducks & geese
  • 10Herons, ibises & grebes
  • 2Storks & cranes
  • 68Songbirds
  • 16Other 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 172 species.

By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.

Raptors12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Common BuzzardButeo buteo
  • Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
  • Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
  • Black KiteMilvus migrans
  • Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
  • Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
  • MerlinFalco columbarius
  • Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
  • European HobbyFalco subbuteo
  • Red KiteMilvus milvus
  • Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
  • OspreyPandion haliaetus
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Little OwlAthene noctua
  • Western Barn OwlTyto alba
  • Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
  • Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Waders23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
  • DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
  • Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
  • Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
  • Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
  • RedshankTringa totanus
  • Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
  • Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
  • Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
  • Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
  • Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
  • Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
  • Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
  • Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
  • Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
  • Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
  • SanderlingCalidris alba
  • European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
  • Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
  • Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
  • Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
  • RuffCalidris pugnax
  • Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Gulls & seabirds26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
  • Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
  • Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Northern gannetMorus bassanus
  • Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
  • Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
  • Balearic shearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusCR
  • European Herring GullLarus argentatus
  • Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
  • Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
  • Sooty shearwaterPuffinus griseus
  • Common GullLarus canus
  • Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
  • Great skuaStercorarius skua
  • Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
  • Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
  • Common LoonGavia immer
  • Leach's Storm PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoaVU
  • Great shearwaterPuffinus gravis
  • RazorbillAlca torda
  • Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
  • Common MurreUria aalge
  • Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaVU
  • Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
  • Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
  • Common TernSterna hirundo
Ducks & geese11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • MallardAnas platyrhynchos
  • Eurasian TealAnas crecca
  • Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
  • Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
  • Northern PintailAnas acuta
  • GadwallMareca strepera
  • Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
  • Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
  • Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
  • Greylag GooseAnser anser
  • American WigeonMareca americana
Herons, ibises & grebes10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
  • Grey HeronArdea cinerea
  • Little EgretEgretta garzetta
  • ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelis
  • Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
  • Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
  • Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
  • Great White EgretArdea alba
  • Purple heronArdea purpurea
  • Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • White StorkCiconia ciconia
  • Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds68 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Carrion CrowCorvus corone
  • European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
  • Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
  • Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
  • European RobinErithacus rubecula
  • House SparrowPasser domesticus
  • Eurasian MagpiePica pica
  • White WagtailMotacilla alba
  • Barn swallowHirundo rustica
  • Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
  • European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
  • Great titParus major
  • Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
  • BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
  • Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
  • European GreenfinchChloris chloris
  • Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
  • Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
  • Northern RavenCorvus corax
  • Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
  • Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
  • Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
  • European SerinSerinus serinus
  • Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
  • Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
  • Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
  • DunnockPrunella modularis
  • Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
  • Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
  • Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
  • Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
  • Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
  • SkylarkAlauda arvensis
  • Coal TitPeriparus ater
  • Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
  • Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
  • Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
  • Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
  • European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
  • Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
  • Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
  • Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
  • Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
  • Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
  • Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
  • Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
  • Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
  • WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
  • WhitethroatSylvia communis
  • Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
  • ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
  • RedwingTurdus iliacus
  • Sand MartinRiparia riparia
  • Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
  • Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
  • BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
  • Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
  • Crested larkGalerida cristata
  • Dartford WarblerSylvia undata
  • BramblingFringilla montifringilla
  • Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
  • Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
  • Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
  • European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
  • WoodlarkLullula arborea
  • FieldfareTurdus pilaris
  • Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
  • BluethroatLuscinia svecica
Other birds16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
  • Picus sharpeiPicus sharpei
  • Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
  • European SwiftApus apus
  • Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
  • Rock DoveColumba livia
  • Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
  • Common CuckooCuculus canorus
  • European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
  • Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
  • Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
  • European Water RailRallus aquaticus
  • WryneckJynx torquilla
  • European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
  • CootFulica atra
  • Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus

Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.

When to go

The most species from October to November.

Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.

  1. Jan8011°/6°110 mm
  2. Feb5912°/5°84 mm
  3. Mar8014°/6°88 mm
  4. Apr9215°/8°77 mm
  5. May8718°/10°63 mm
  6. Jun7521°/12°50 mm
  7. Jul7823°/14°30 mm
  8. Aug9524°/15°38 mm
  9. Sep9822°/13°40 mm
  10. Oct11319°/11°104 mm
  11. Nov11314°/8°129 mm
  12. Dec8312°/6°111 mm
  • Bar: species recorded that month.
  • Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Coedo.

Beach in Spain

Coedo is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Spain.

172 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 7,973 open records.

The most recorded are the Lesser Black-backed Gull, the Yellow-legged Gull and the Carrion Crow.

51 species come for the summer, 35 for the winter and 3 only pass through.

6 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Balearic shearwater and Leach's Storm Petrel.

The most species are recorded from October to November.

Playa de Coedo (Navia) 01
Triedros · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and watch

  • Aparcamiento día y noche sin servicios. Frejulfecampsite · 2.2 km · 8 within 10 km
  • Apartamentos Rurales Montemarplace to stay · 2.1 km · 23 within 10 km
  • Navianearest town · 3.3 km in a straight line
  • Asturias Airport (OVD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 53 km in a straight lineCar hire at OVD airport (Ranón)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.

Coedo seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 2marked trails within 4 kmCamino del Norte (Asturias), Etapa 26 Ortiguera - Viavélez
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmOficina Información Turística Navia
  • 7viewpoints within 5 kmMirador de la Riva and 6 more
  • 39car parks within 3 km
  • 16restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • 8campsites within 10 kmAparcamiento día y noche sin servicios. Frejulfe, Área de Autocaravanas de Navia, Área de autocaravanas de Ortigueira (Faro de San Agustín)) and 5 more
  • 23places to stay within 10 kmApartamentos Rurales Montemar, Albergue Piñera, Albergue San Roque de Navia and 20 more
  • bird hides within 6 km
  • observation towers within 6 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 Coedo.

The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.

Coastya4 beaches within 10 km
Playa De Frexulfe · 1.8 kmPlaya de Barayo · 6.8 kmPlaya de Otur · 8.3 kmEnsenada de Pormenande · 9.6 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Arbón dam1.0 km² · 9.6 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Cascadas de Oneta · 11 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Other places nearby.

Coedo

Spain

  • 73Birdyas Score
  • 172Species
  • 89Migrants
  • 6Threatened

Ría de Ribadeo

Spain · 27 km

  • 90Birdyas Score
  • 265Species
  • 133Migrants
  • 12Threatened

See the guide

Beach of 'El Figu

Spain · 17 km

  • 85Birdyas Score
  • 206Species
  • 103Migrants
  • 10Threatened

See the guide

Playa de Penarronda

Spain · 24 km

  • 87Birdyas Score
  • 266Species
  • 139Migrants
  • 13Threatened

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q18224634) · CC0
Birds7,973 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
See these recordsgbif.org
SpeciesGBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesCoastya, Lakeyas, Cascadyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.