Spain Ramsar wetland
Cóll
131 bird species recorded; the most in May and in August.
Ainhoa from Catalunya · CC BY 2.0
This month here
60 species in January.53 species in February.67 species in March.84 species in April.94 species in May.76 species in June.90 species in July.101 species in August.49 species in September.59 species in October.29 species in November.33 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.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
131 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).
- 131Speciesrecorded more than once
- 60Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 4,866Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,165 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 14Raptors
- 2Owls
- 3Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 2Ducks & geese
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 83Songbirds
- 21Other 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 131 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors14 species
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- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatusNT
- Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
Owls2 species
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- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
Waders3 species
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- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Gulls & seabirds1 species
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- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Ducks & geese2 species
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- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
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- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Storks & cranes2 species
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- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds83 species
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- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Citril FinchCarduelis citrinella
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Dartford WarblerSylvia undata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Western Orphean WarblerSylvia hortensis
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Other birds21 species
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- Picus sharpeiPicus sharpei
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaNT
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- 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 May and in August.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan3°/-5°60 mm
- Feb3°/-5°48 mm
- Mar7°/-3°58 mm
- Apr10°/0°72 mm
- May14°/4°76 mm
- Jun20°/8°51 mm
- Jul22°/10°42 mm
- Aug22°/10°42 mm
- Sep18°/7°50 mm
- Oct13°/3°61 mm
- Nov7°/-2°70 mm
- Dec3°/-4°50 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Cóll.
Village in Vall de Boí, Catalonia,Spain
Cóll is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Spain, 1,165 m above the sea.
131 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 4,866 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the European Robin and the Great tit.
44 species come for the summer, 15 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove.
The most species are recorded in May and in August.
Get there and watch
- Càmping Bonetacampsite · 4.2 km · 10 within 10 km
- Fonda Masplace to stay · 4.5 km · 43 within 10 km
- el Pont de Suertnearest town · 7.6 km in a straight line
- Pirineus - la Seu d'Urgel Airport (LEU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 54 km in a straight lineCar hire at LDE airport (Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées)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
- 5bird hides within 6 km
- 9marked trails within 4 kmVariant el Pont de Suert, Ramat de Camins. Etapa 14 : Refugi de Conangles => Barruera, Ramat de Camins. Etapa 15 : Barruera => El Pont de Suert and 6 more
- 4visitor centres within 6 kmOficina de Turisme, Casa del Parc and 2 more
- 7viewpoints within 5 kmMirador de Sant Salvador, Mirador de l'Escaleta, Mirador dels estels and 4 more
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 10campsites within 10 kmCàmping Boneta, Càmping del Remei, Can Roig and 7 more
- 43places to stay within 10 kmFonda Mas, Montsant, Hostal La Plaça and 40 more
- observation towers within 6 km
- car parks within 3 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 Cóll.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas415 mountains within 25 kmPico de Vallhiverna3,067 m · 16 kmEspatlla d'Aneto3,350 m · 20 kmAneto3,404 m · 20 km↗Pic de Coronas3,293 m · 21 kmPic del Mig3,346 m · 21 kmPico Maldito3,350 m · 21 kmPunta d'Astorg3,355 m · 21 kmMaladeta3,308 m · 22 km↗
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmBaserca reservoir0.5 km² · 12 kmPantà de Llauset0.2 km² · 14 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 kmCongosto de ObarraBortle 2 · 14 kmEl TurbónBortle 2 · 22 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmBalma de les Ovelles · 17 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyNoguera de Tor24 km · 8.6 m³/s
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.
Cóll
Spain
- 56Birdyas Score
- 131Species
- 60Migrants
- 1Threatened
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Spain · 19 km
- 54Birdyas Score
- 111Species
- 65Migrants
- 0Threatened
Parc Natural Comunal de les Valls del Comapedrosa
Andorra · 59 km
- 56Birdyas Score
- 121Species
- 63Migrants
- 1Threatened
Sierra y Cañones de Guara Natural Park
Spain · 76 km
- 57Birdyas Score
- 132Species
- 70Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q4894725) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 4,866 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, Darkskyas, Canyonyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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