Portugal Special Protection Area for birds
Lagoa de Santo André
269 bird species recorded; the most in September.
Melaniebund · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
177 species in January.145 species in February.175 species in March.167 species in April.156 species in May.147 species in June.162 species in July.192 species in August.214 species in September.181 species in October.164 species in November.183 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.
NT
VU
NT
NT
NT
VUNTNTVU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
269 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).
- 269Speciesrecorded more than once
- 146Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 9ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 103,739Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 19Raptors
- 7Owls
- 33Waders
- 31Gulls & seabirds
- 28Ducks & geese
- 16Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 102Songbirds
- 30Other 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 269 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
Owls7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
Waders33 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Gulls & seabirds31 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Northern gannetMorus bassanus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Balearic shearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusCR
- Great skuaStercorarius skua
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Leach's Storm PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoaVU
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Common LoonGavia immer
- European Storm-PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Sooty shearwaterPuffinus griseus
Ducks & geese28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Herons, ibises & grebes16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds102 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Great titParus major
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Iberian Grey ShrikeLanius meridionalisVU
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Sardinian WarblerSylvia melanocephala
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Subalpine WarblerSylvia cantillans
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Dartford WarblerSylvia undata
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaVU
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Willow titParus montanus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
- Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandra
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
- Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Other birds30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Picus sharpeiPicus sharpei
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaNT
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Great spotted cuckooClamator glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Red-necked NightjarCaprimulgus ruficollisNT
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Little BustardTetrax tetraxNT
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 September.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan15°/8°54 mm
- Feb15°/8°48 mm
- Mar18°/9°57 mm
- Apr20°/11°54 mm
- May23°/13°31 mm
- Jun26°/16°10 mm
- Jul28°/16°2 mm
- Aug29°/17°4 mm
- Sep27°/16°26 mm
- Oct23°/14°74 mm
- Nov18°/11°85 mm
- Dec15°/8°61 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lagoa de Santo André.
Protected area in Portugal
Lagoa de Santo André is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Portugal.
269 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 103,739 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Reed Warbler, the Willow Warbler and the Barn swallow.
64 species come for the summer, 75 for the winter and 7 only pass through.
9 are threatened worldwide, including Iberian Grey Shrike, Common Pochard and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded in September.
Get there and watch
- Parque de Campismo de Santo Andrécampsite · 3.0 km · 6 within 10 km
- Hotel Rural Monte da Lezíriaplace to stay · 2.6 km · 19 within 10 km
- Santo Andrénearest town · 3.1 km in a straight line
- Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 83 km in a straight lineCar hire at LIS airport (Lisbon)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
Some links above are affiliate links: if you book through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what the data on this page says.
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 kmObservatório de aves da Lagoa de Melides
- 1observation towers within 6 km
- 1marked trails within 4 kmPercurso do Salgueiral da Galiza
- 168car parks within 3 km
- 16restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 6campsites within 10 kmParque de Campismo de Santo André, Estação de Serviço Parque de Campismo Lagoa de Santo André, Alentejo Litoral Caravan Park and 3 more
- 19places to stay within 10 kmHotel Rural Monte da Lezíria, Amarello Hotel Praia Santo Andre, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, Hotel Al Tarik and 16 more
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 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 Lagoa de Santo André.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmMorro do Paneiro · 22 km
Coastya1 beaches within 10 kmPraia de Melides · 5.1 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmLagoa de Santo André2.4 km² · 2.2 kmLagoa de Melides1.0 km² · 6.5 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmPessegueiro IslandBortle 3 · 28 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.
Lagoa de Santo André
Portugal
- 85Birdyas Score
- 269Species
- 146Migrants
- 9Threatened
Estuário do Sado (Special Protection Area)
Portugal · 42 km
- 80Birdyas Score
- 244Species
- 120Migrants
- 7Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q63378423) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 103,739 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, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
The family
Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?
Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.
beaches
Find your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakes
Every lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountains
Every summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit 
waterfalls
Every waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit 
islands
Every island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit 
rivers
Every river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit 
canyons
Every canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit 
caves
Every cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skies
Where the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit 
viewpoints
Every viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit 
birdwatching
Every bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.You are here
forests
Every forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Coming soonVisit