European roller
Veiga do Seixo is home to many rich species of flora and fauna. Flora include the holm oak ("Quercus ilex"), turpentine tree ("Pistacia terebinthus"), Montpellier Maple ("Acer monspessulanum"). Among the fauna are the European bee-eater ("Merops apiaster"), red-rumped swallow ("Hirundo daurica"), European roller ("Coracias garrulus"), and a rare type of gecko, ("Tarentola mauritanica"), which is especially difficult to find in other parts of Galicia.