Spain Ramsar wetland
Laguna Grande
154 bird species recorded; the most from March to April.
Otiñar · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
66 species in January.60 species in February.104 species in March.100 species in April.93 species in May.94 species in June.75 species in July.91 species in August.89 species in September.88 species in October.58 species in November.71 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.
VU
VU
VU
NT
VU
NT
VU
VU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
154 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).
- 154Speciesrecorded more than once
- 85Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 6,966Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 366 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 15Raptors
- 5Owls
- 14Waders
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 11Ducks & geese
- 13Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 68Songbirds
- 23Other 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 154 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
- Eurasian Black VultureAegypius monachusNT
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Waders14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
Gulls & seabirds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Ducks & geese11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- White-headed duckOxyura leucocephala
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
Herons, ibises & grebes13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds68 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki
- Great titParus major
- Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Iberian Grey ShrikeLanius meridionalisVU
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
- Dartford WarblerSylvia undata
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
Other birds23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- CootFulica atra
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaNT
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Red-necked NightjarCaprimulgus ruficollisNT
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Picus sharpeiPicus sharpei
- Great spotted cuckooClamator glandarius
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
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 March to April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan12°/2°39 mm
- Feb14°/2°44 mm
- Mar17°/4°59 mm
- Apr20°/8°49 mm
- May26°/11°32 mm
- Jun32°/17°7 mm
- Jul37°/20°2 mm
- Aug36°/20°6 mm
- Sep30°/16°28 mm
- Oct24°/11°50 mm
- Nov16°/5°55 mm
- Dec13°/2°50 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Laguna Grande.
Lake in Baeza, Spain
Laguna Grande is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Spain, 366 m above the sea.
154 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 6,966 open records.
The most recorded are the Common Wood Pigeon, the Eurasian Blackbird and the European Goldfinch.
50 species come for the summer, 32 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove, Common Pochard and Iberian Grey Shrike.
The most species are recorded from March to April.
Get there and watch
- Aparcamiento para autocaravanas de Baezacampsite · 11 km · 2 within 10 km
- Hotel Hacienda La Lagunaplace to stay · 1.5 km · 21 within 10 km
- Begíjarnearest town · 6.4 km in a straight line
- F.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 85 km in a straight lineCar hire at GRX airport (Granada)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
- 1viewpoints within 5 km
- 2car parks within 3 km
- 4restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 kmAparcamiento para autocaravanas de Baeza
- 21places to stay within 10 kmHotel Hacienda La Laguna, Casa Rural El Señorío de Baeza, Hotel Campos de Baeza and 18 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres 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 Laguna Grande.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas7 mountains within 25 kmAznaitín1,745 m · 15 kmCerro Monteagudo1,684 m · 20 kmCerro Cárceles2,061 m · 22 kmPeña Jaén2,147 m · 24 kmPico Mágina2,165 m · 24 kmPico Almadén · 24 kmPico Miramundos · 25 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.
Laguna Grande
Spain
- 67Birdyas Score
- 154Species
- 85Migrants
- 3Threatened
Tablas de Daimiel National Park
Spain · 135 km
- 79Birdyas Score
- 226Species
- 132Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5969060) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 6,966 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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