Birdwatching at Gallocanta Lagoon
with a professional Birding & Nature Guide
Two-Day Birding Tour at Gallocanta Lagoon
A two-day tour around Gallocanta Lagoon visiting its different observation sites. We will enjoy a wide variety of wildfowl gathering on the open waters of the lagoon, often accompanied by waders along the shores. Raptors scan the area from above, hovering and soaring over the steppe landscape. Passerines feed along the track edges, and at dusk the cranes return to their roosts while Short-eared Owls begin hunting — a truly unforgettable spectacle.
Gallocanta
Gallocanta is an endorheic lagoon that each year hosts tens of thousands of Common Cranes during migration. We spend the day visiting different viewpoints and hides, from where we can observe a wide variety of wildfowl.
We travel mainly by car, with occasional short walks. From elevated viewpoints, we may spot groups of Great Bustards, Wild Boar and other ungulates. At sunset, Short-eared Owls are sometimes seen hunting while vast flocks of cranes arrive at their roosting sites.
Target Species: Common Crane, Common Kestrel, Western Marsh Harrier, Great Bustard, Short-eared Owl, Red-crested Pochard, Northern Lapwing, Northern Pintail.
Best Season: Spring, Autumn & Winter
Location:
Beetween Zaragoza & Huesca province. At 1,5 hours from Zaragoza airport.
Season:
Spring, Autumn & Winter
Duration:
2 days + 2 nights
Price:
€350
Included:
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- Professional birding guide
- Telescope
- Adaptation to the group’s level
Not included:
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- Meals and drinks
- Transport (aditional cost)
- Accommodation (aditional cost)
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Birds You May See
Resident Birds
Common Shelduck, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, Mallard, Red-crested Pochard, Common Pochard, Red-legged Partridge, Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, Water Rail, Common Moorhen, Eurasian Coot, Common Crane, Northern Lapwing, Black-headed Gull, Greater Flamingo, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Cattle Egret, Great Egret, Grey Heron, Griffon Vulture, Western Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, Little Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Iberian Green Woodpecker, Common Kestrel, Great Grey Shrike, Red-billed Chough, Carrion Crow, Northern Raven, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Eurasian Skylark, Thekla’s Lark, Crested Lark, Calandra Lark, Zitting Cisticola, Spotless Starling, Common Blackbird, Black Redstart, European Stonechat, House Sparrow, Spanish Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Rock Sparrow, White Wagtail, Common Chaffinch, European Greenfinch, Common Linnet, European Goldfinch, European Serin, Corn Bunting.
Wintering Birds
Greylag Goose, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Eurasian Teal, European Golden Plover, Common Snipe, Ruff, Dunlin, Little Stint, Great Cormorant, Black-winged Kite, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Hen Harrier, Red Kite, Short-eared Owl, Merlin, Common Chiffchaff, Cetti’s Warbler, Common Starling, European Robin, Water Pipit, Common Reed Bunting.
Summer Birds
Common Quail, Common Cuckoo, Common Swift, Eurasian Stone-curlew, Black-winged Stilt, Pied Avocet, Kentish Plover, Common Redshank, Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Gull-billed Tern, Whiskered Tern, Common Tern, Glossy Ibis, Little Egret, Black-crowned Night Heron, Purple Heron, Short-toed Snake Eagle, Booted Eagle, Montagu’s Harrier, Black Kite, Eurasian Hoopoe, European Bee-eater, Eurasian Hobby, Eurasian Golden Oriole, Woodchat Shrike, Short-toed Lark, Melodious Warbler, Eurasian Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Barn Swallow, Common House Martin, Common Nightingale, Northern Wheatear, Black-eared Wheatear, Western Yellow Wagtail, Tawny Pipit.
Passage Migrants
Grey Plover, Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Eurasian Spoonbill, Black-crowned Night Heron, Sedge Warbler, Sand Martin, Western Bonelli’s Warbler, Willow Warbler, Bluethroat, European Pied Flycatcher, Common Redstart, Whinchat.
Occasional Species
Ferruginous Duck, Tufted Duck, Little Bustard, European Nightjar, Eurasian Curlew, Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Ruddy Turnstone, Great Knot, Black Stork, White Stork, Golden Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Rock Bunting, Cirl Bunting.
Common cranes
Common Cranes
Western Marsh Harrier
Red-crested Pochard
Northern Lapwing
Norther Shoveler
Grey Heron
Common Kestrel
Gallocanta village
