Spain Special Protection Area for birds
Dehesas de Jerez
53 bird species recorded; the most from May to June.
KYingerExtremadura · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
0 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.29 species in April.45 species in May.47 species in June.0 species in July.1 species in August.1 species in September.16 species in October.0 species in November.3 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
53 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).
- 53Speciesrecorded more than once
- 26Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 581Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 328 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 3Raptors
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 1Ducks & geese
- 1Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 36Songbirds
- 10Other 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 53 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herons, ibises & grebes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds36 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
- Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Great titParus major
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Western Orphean WarblerSylvia hortensis
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
Other birds10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaNT
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Great bustardOtis tarda
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
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 May to June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan12°/3°50 mm
- Feb14°/3°48 mm
- Mar17°/5°59 mm
- Apr20°/8°53 mm
- May25°/11°34 mm
- Jun32°/15°11 mm
- Jul36°/18°2 mm
- Aug36°/18°4 mm
- Sep30°/16°25 mm
- Oct24°/12°78 mm
- Nov16°/6°71 mm
- Dec13°/3°55 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Dehesas de Jerez.
Protected area in Extremadura, Spain
Dehesas de Jerez is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Spain, 328 m above the sea.
53 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 581 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Chaffinch, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Rock Sparrow.
24 species come for the summer, 0 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove.
The most species are recorded from May to June.
Get there and watch
- Albergue "El Coto"place to stay · 8.7 km · 2 within 10 km
- Zahinosnearest town · 8.0 km in a straight line
- Badajoz Airport (BJZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 61 km in a straight lineCar hire at BJZ airport (Badajoz)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
- 2places to stay within 10 kmAlbergue "El Coto", Albergue Juvenil
- 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
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Dehesas de Jerez.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas5 mountains within 25 kmSierra de la Luz · 14 kmSierra del Zarzoso · 15 kmSierra de la Asomada · 22 kmSierra de Santa María · 24 kmSierra de las Puercas · 24 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.
Dehesas de Jerez
Spain
- 41Birdyas Score
- 53Species
- 26Migrants
- 1Threatened
Complejo lagunar de La Albuera
Spain · 43 km
- 76Birdyas Score
- 177Species
- 94Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q123488775) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 581 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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