Spain Special Protection Area for birds
Playa de Aguilera
298 bird species recorded; the most from April to May and from October to November.
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This month here
161 species in January.155 species in February.181 species in March.212 species in April.211 species in May.161 species in June.151 species in July.184 species in August.199 species in September.225 species in October.209 species in November.184 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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NTNTVU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
298 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).
- 298Speciesrecorded more than once
- 155Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 15ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 122,492Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 21Raptors
- 7Owls
- 42Waders
- 49Gulls & seabirds
- 26Ducks & geese
- 16Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 107Songbirds
- 27Other 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 298 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Eurasian Black VultureAegypius monachusNT
Owls7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVU
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Waders42 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- RedshankTringa totanus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian DotterelCharadrius morinellus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanniNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Gulls & seabirds49 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Northern gannetMorus bassanus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Balearic shearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusCR
- Common GullLarus canus
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Sooty shearwaterPuffinus griseus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Great skuaStercorarius skua
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- European Storm-PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Great shearwaterPuffinus gravis
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaVU
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Leach's Storm PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoaVU
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Little AukAlle alle
- Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicus
Ducks & geese26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Herons, ibises & grebes16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds107 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Great titParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Iberian Grey ShrikeLanius meridionalisVU
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Dartford WarblerSylvia undata
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Desert wheatearOenanthe deserti
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Radde’s warblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Blyth’s PipitAnthus godlewskii
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Blyth’s Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
Other birds27 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Picus sharpeiPicus sharpei
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaNT
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- CootFulica atra
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Great spotted cuckooClamator glandarius
- Little BustardTetrax tetraxNT
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Little SwiftApus affinis
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 April to May and from October to November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan12°/6°107 mm
- Feb12°/6°86 mm
- Mar14°/7°82 mm
- Apr16°/8°72 mm
- May18°/11°62 mm
- Jun21°/14°53 mm
- Jul23°/15°32 mm
- Aug24°/16°40 mm
- Sep22°/14°47 mm
- Oct20°/12°92 mm
- Nov15°/9°124 mm
- Dec12°/7°108 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Playa de Aguilera.
Playa de Aguilera is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Spain.
298 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 122,492 open records.
The most recorded are the Yellow-legged Gull, the European Stonechat and the Lesser Black-backed Gull.
75 species come for the summer, 77 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
15 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Balearic shearwater and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded from April to May and from October to November.
Get there and watch
- Camping El Molinocampsite · 6.1 km · 8 within 10 km
- Casa de Aldea - Finca El Carbayalplace to stay · 1.3 km · 57 within 10 km
- Luanconearest town · 7.5 km in a straight line
- Asturias Airport (OVD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 14 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.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1bird hides within 6 kmSan Balandran
- 2marked trails within 4 kmSenda Costera Faro San Juan de Nieva - Cabo Peñas, Senda Costera Cabo Peñas - Luanco
- 8viewpoints within 5 kmPlaya Portazuelos, Mirador de la Playa de Aguilera, Mirador de Ferrero and 5 more
- 14car parks within 3 km
- 6restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 8campsites within 10 kmCamping El Molino, Área autocaravanas de El Agüil (Salinas), Área de Autocaravanas Avilés and 5 more
- 57places to stay within 10 kmCasa de Aldea - Finca El Carbayal, Los Apartamentos de Herminia, Casa Carola and 54 more
- observation towers within 6 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 Playa de Aguilera.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas8 mountains within 25 kmMonte Xagó · 3.1 kmMonte Bocon · 4.8 kmLa Romanella · 6.3 kmMonte Tablada · 6.7 kmCerro del Otero · 17 kmSierra de Fontebona · 20 kmMonte Gamonedo · 23 kmSierra del Naranco · 24 km
Coastya4 beaches within 10 kmEl Puerto Lampero · 1.0 kmPlaya Llodero · 3.4 kmEnsenada de Bañugues · 6.4 kmPlaya del Espartal · 7.0 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmEmbalse de Trasona0.4 km² · 9.1 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmCave of Candamo · 20 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.
Playa de Aguilera
Spain
- 88Birdyas Score
- 298Species
- 155Migrants
- 15Threatened
Isla La Deva y el Playón de Bayas
Spain · 12 km
- 85Birdyas Score
- 214Species
- 105Migrants
- 10Threatened
Campofrío and Aguilar Beaches
Spain · 20 km
- 70Birdyas Score
- 183Species
- 81Migrants
- 5Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q19339035) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 122,492 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, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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