Spain Special Protection Area for birds
Serreta Negra
105 bird species recorded; the most in July.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
12 species in January.42 species in February.36 species in March.62 species in April.33 species in May.45 species in June.78 species in July.49 species in August.52 species in September.59 species in October.20 species in November.0 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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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
105 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).
- 105Speciesrecorded more than once
- 54Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,175Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 328 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 17Raptors
- 3Owls
- 2Waders
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 2Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 62Songbirds
- 14Other 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 105 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors17 species
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- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
- Eurasian Black VultureAegypius monachusNT
- MerlinFalco columbarius
Owls3 species
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- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Waders2 species
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- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Gulls & seabirds3 species
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- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Ducks & geese2 species
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- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
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- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Songbirds62 species
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- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Dartford WarblerSylvia undata
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Iberian Grey ShrikeLanius meridionalisVU
- Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandra
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Western Orphean WarblerSylvia hortensis
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Lesser Short-toed LarkCalandrella rufescens
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Black WheatearOenanthe leucura
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Other birds14 species
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- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaNT
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Pin-tailed SandgrousePterocles alchata
- European SwiftApus apus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Red-necked NightjarCaprimulgus ruficollisNT
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
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 July.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan11°/1°27 mm
- Feb13°/1°21 mm
- Mar17°/4°38 mm
- Apr21°/7°49 mm
- May25°/11°46 mm
- Jun31°/16°28 mm
- Jul34°/18°19 mm
- Aug33°/18°20 mm
- Sep28°/14°38 mm
- Oct22°/10°46 mm
- Nov15°/5°44 mm
- Dec11°/2°21 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Serreta Negra.
Mountain in Spain
Serreta Negra is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Spain, 328 m above the sea.
105 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,175 open records.
The most recorded are the Common Wood Pigeon, the Crested lark and the Red-legged Partridge.
37 species come for the summer, 14 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove and Iberian Grey Shrike.
The most species are recorded in July.
Get there and watch
- Candasnosnearest town · 12 km in a straight line
- Lleida-Alguaire Airport (ILD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 54 km in a straight lineCar hire at ZAZ airport (Zaragoza)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
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 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 Serreta Negra.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas6 mountains within 25 kmSierra de Valdurrios · 6.1 kmSierra de los Rincones · 9.0 kmSerreta del Castell · 20 kmAuts434 m · 21 kmPunta de Cagueres222 m · 23 kmPunta de Grabiel214 m · 24 km
Cavernyas5 caves within 20 kmVall de Mamet I · 11 kmVall de Caballé I · 11 kmValmayor IV · 13 kmMas de Patriciel I · 13 kmSierra de los Rincones I · 15 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Serreta Negra
Spain
- 54Birdyas Score
- 105Species
- 54Migrants
- 2Threatened
Delta de l'Ebre Natural Park
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- 90Birdyas Score
- 340Species
- 205Migrants
- 19Threatened
Marjal i estanys d'Almenara
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- 87Birdyas Score
- 243Species
- 136Migrants
- 10Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q24004108) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,175 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, 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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