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28 Jul - 03 Aug 2026
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293
Species seen
1,955
Checklists submitted
361
Birders
1,139
Hours spent birding
High Counts
3rd Aug 2026
1,
Spotted Sandpiper
(Actitis macularius)
2,
Great Skua
(Stercorarius skua)
342,
Common Tern
(Sterna hirundo)
2,
Great Shearwater
(Ardenna gravis)
1,
Squacco Heron
(Ardeola ralloides)
4,
Booted Eagle
(Hieraaetus pennatus)
2,
Eurasian Hobby
(Falco subbuteo)
1,
Spotted Flycatcher
(Muscicapa striata)
6,
Red Avadavat
(Amandava amandava)
18,
Azores Chaffinch
(Fringilla moreletti)
2nd Aug 2026
87,
Gadwall
(Mareca strepera)
612,
Mallard
(Anas platyrhynchos)
8,
Eurasian/Green-winged Teal
(Anas crecca)
143,
Common Pochard
(Aythya ferina)
14,
Tufted Duck
(Aythya fuligula)
24,
Plain Swift
(Apus unicolor)
80,
Pallid Swift
(Apus pallidus)
130,
Black-winged Stilt
(Himantopus himantopus)
38,
Little Ringed Plover
(Thinornis dubius)
1,
Common Snipe
(Gallinago gallinago)
1,
Wood Sandpiper
(Tringa glareola)
4,
Least Sandpiper
(Calidris minutilla)
1,
White-faced Storm-Petrel
(Pelagodroma marina)
2,
Monteiro's Storm-Petrel
(Hydrobates monteiroi)
800,
Glossy Ibis
(Plegadis falcinellus)
7,
Purple Heron
(Ardea purpurea)
2,
European Honey-buzzard
(Pernis apivorus)
95,
Griffon Vulture
(Gyps fulvus)
2,
Short-toed Eagle
(Circaetus gallicus)
2,
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
(Accipiter nisus)
12,
Eurasian Hoopoe
(Upupa epops)
6,
Red-backed Shrike
(Lanius collurio)
7,
Eurasian Skylark
(Alauda arvensis)
300,
Western House Martin
(Delichon urbicum)
13,
Long-tailed Tit
(Aegithalos caudatus)
6,
Common Whitethroat
(Curruca communis)
1,
Goldcrest
(Regulus regulus)
89,
Madeira Firecrest
(Regulus madeirensis)
7,
Mistle Thrush
(Turdus viscivorus)
14,
European Robin
(Erithacus rubecula)
15,
European Stonechat
(Saxicola rubicola)
22,
Yellow-crowned Bishop
(Euplectes afer)
5,
Tawny Pipit
(Anthus campestris)
1,
Tree Pipit
(Anthus trivialis)
73,
Madeira Chaffinch
(Fringilla maderensis)
2,
Eurasian Siskin
(Spinus spinus)
5,
Rock Bunting
(Emberiza cia)
1st Aug 2026
50,
Common Scoter
(Melanitta nigra)
10,
Green Sandpiper
(Tringa ochropus)
20,
Ruddy Turnstone
(Arenaria interpres)
1,
Black-legged Kittiwake
(Rissa tridactyla)
6,
Roseate Tern
(Sterna dougallii)
8,
Woodchat Shrike
(Lanius senator)
1,
Great Reed Warbler
(Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
2,
Willow Warbler
(Phylloscopus trochilus)
48,
Eurasian Blackbird
(Turdus merula)
4,
Blue Rock Thrush
(Monticola solitarius)
1,
Black Wheatear
(Oenanthe leucura)
32,
Rock Sparrow
(Petronia petronia)
8,
Grey Wagtail
(Motacilla cinerea)
3,
Hawfinch
(Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
92,
Atlantic Canary
(Serinus canaria)
Pico Ruivo and the trail from Achado do Teixeira to Pico Ruivo, Santana, Região Autónoma da Madeira, Portugal
31st Jul 2026
15,
Red-legged Partridge
(Alectoris rufa)
7,
Western Swamphen
(Porphyrio porphyrio)
15,
Eurasian Oystercatcher
(Haematopus ostralegus)
1,
Semipalmated Plover
(Charadrius semipalmatus)
1,
Long-tailed Skua
(Stercorarius longicaudus)
560,
Cory's Shearwater
(Calonectris borealis)
5,
Black Stork
(Ciconia nigra)
20,
Black-crowned Night Heron
(Nycticorax nycticorax)
3,
Egyptian Vulture
(Neophron percnopterus)
9,
Black Vulture
(Aegypius monachus)
1,
Merlin
(Falco columbarius)
2,
Peregrine Falcon
(Falco peregrinus)
30th Jul 2026
1,
Northern Pintail
(Anas acuta)
3,
Marbled Duck
(Marmaronetta angustirostris)
10,
Trocaz Pigeon
(Columba trocaz)
80,
Collared Dove
(Streptopelia decaocto)
1,
Little Green-Pigeon
(Treron olax)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
2,
Green Imperial-Pigeon
(Ducula aenea)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
1,
Common Cuckoo
(Cuculus canorus)
Litoral de Vila do Conde e Reserva Ornitológica do Mindelo--área geral, Vila do Conde, Porto, Portugal
2,
Red-necked Nightjar
(Caprimulgus ruficollis)
12,
Slender-billed Gull
(Chroicocephalus genei)
160,
Black-headed Gull
(Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
2,
Caspian Tern
(Hydroprogne caspia)
6,
Black Tern
(Chlidonias niger)
1,
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
(Hydrobates castro)
1,
Barolo Shearwater
(Puffinus baroli)
3,
Storm's Stork
(Ciconia stormi)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
1,
Wallace's Hawk-Eagle
(Nisaetus nanus)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
2,
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
(Nisaetus cirrhatus)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
2,
Red Kite
(Milvus milvus)
2,
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
(Icthyophaga leucogaster)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
4,
Common Buzzard
(Buteo buteo)
2,
Tawny Owl
(Strix aluco)
1,
Oriental Pied-Hornbill
(Anthracoceros albirostris)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
4,
Common Kingfisher
(Alcedo atthis)
1,
Collared Kingfisher
(Todiramphus chloris)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
2,
Dollarbird
(Eurystomus orientalis)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
5,
Brown Barbet
(Caloramphus fuliginosus)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
2,
White-bellied Woodpecker
(Dryocopus javensis)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
1,
Long-tailed Parakeet
(Psittacula longicauda)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
3,
Fiery Minivet
(Pericrocotus igneus)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
3,
White-breasted Woodswallow
(Artamus leucorynchus)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
1,
Common Iora
(Aegithina tiphia)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
2,
Malaysian Pied-Fantail
(Rhipidura javanica)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
31,
Red-billed Chough
(Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
2,
Sunda Crow
(Corvus enca)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
20,
Eurasian Blue Tit
(Cyanistes caeruleus)
3,
Mediterranean Short-toed Lark
(Alaudala rufescens)
2,
Ashy Tailorbird
(Orthotomus ruficeps)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
12,
Zitting Cisticola
(Cisticola juncidis)
7,
Pacific Swallow
(Hirundo javanica)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
1,
Olive-winged Bulbul
(Pycnonotus plumosus)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
8,
Cetti's Warbler
(Cettia cetti)
16,
Eurasian Blackcap
(Sylvia atricapilla)
1,
Western Orphean Warbler
(Curruca hortensis)
7,
Common Nightingale
(Luscinia megarhynchos)
1,
Malaysian Blue Flycatcher
(Cyornis turcosus)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
2,
Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
(Chalcoparia singalensis)
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
4,
Berthelot's Pipit
(Anthus berthelotii)
30,
Corn Bunting
(Emberiza calandra)
29th Jul 2026
30,
Common Moorhen
(Gallinula chloropus)
3,
Great Black-backed Gull
(Larus marinus)
240,
Bulwer's Petrel
(Bulweria bulwerii)
120,
Little Egret
(Egretta garzetta)
3,
Iberian Green Woodpecker
(Picus sharpei)
9,
Melodious Warbler
(Hippolais polyglotta)
25,
Sand Martin
(Riparia riparia)
6,
Spectacled Warbler
(Curruca conspicillata)
50,
Common Starling
(Sturnus vulgaris)
27,
Pied Wagtail/White Wagtail
(Motacilla alba)
28th Jul 2026
1,
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
(Dendrocygna bicolor)
1,
Canada Goose
(Branta canadensis)
1,
Ring-necked Duck
(Aythya collaris)
5,
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
(Pterocles orientalis)
5,
Little Bustard
(Tetrax tetrax)
1,
Eurasian Woodcock
(Scolopax rusticola)
4,
Zino's Petrel
(Pterodroma madeira)
200,
Western Cattle-Egret
(Ardea ibis)
1,
Golden Eagle
(Aquila chrysaetos)
3,
Little Owl
(Athene noctua)
4,
European Roller
(Coracias garrulus)
5,
Lesser Kestrel
(Falco naumanni)
25,
Common Magpie
(Pica pica)
20,
Crested Lark
(Galerida cristata)
40,
Calandra Lark
(Melanocorypha calandra)
1,
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin
(Cercotrichas galactotes)
883,
House Sparrow
(Passer domesticus)
4,
Azores Bullfinch
(Pyrrhula murina)
1, Little Green-Pigeon(Treron olax)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
2, Green Imperial-Pigeon(Ducula aenea)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
3, Storm's Stork(Ciconia stormi)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
1, Wallace's Hawk-Eagle(Nisaetus nanus)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
2, Changeable Hawk-Eagle(Nisaetus cirrhatus)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
2, White-bellied Sea-Eagle(Icthyophaga leucogaster)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
1, Oriental Pied-Hornbill(Anthracoceros albirostris)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
1, Collared Kingfisher(Todiramphus chloris)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
2, Dollarbird(Eurystomus orientalis)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
5, Brown Barbet(Caloramphus fuliginosus)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
2, White-bellied Woodpecker(Dryocopus javensis)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
1, Long-tailed Parakeet(Psittacula longicauda)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
3, Fiery Minivet(Pericrocotus igneus)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
3, White-breasted Woodswallow(Artamus leucorynchus)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
1, Common Iora(Aegithina tiphia)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
2, Malaysian Pied-Fantail(Rhipidura javanica)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
2, Sunda Crow(Corvus enca)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
2, Ashy Tailorbird(Orthotomus ruficeps)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
7, Pacific Swallow(Hirundo javanica)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
1, Olive-winged Bulbul(Pycnonotus plumosus)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
1, Malaysian Blue Flycatcher(Cyornis turcosus)
30th July
Largo Senador André Freitas, Lajes Das Flores, Lajes das Flores, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
Species: 64
Big Lists
| Observer | Location | Date | Species | Checklist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Fewster | RN Estuário do Tejo--Vale de Frades Benavente, Santarém, Portugal | 31st Jul | 93 | |
| Paulo Alves | Albufeira dos Carvalhos Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, Portugal | 2nd Aug | 73 | |
| Ana Botelho | Albufeira dos Carvalhos Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, Portugal | 2nd Aug | 73 | |
| Ricardo Salgueiro | RN Paul do Boquilobo--área geral Golegã, Santarém, Portugal | 28th Jul | 65 | |
| Francisco Maia | Parque Ambiental de Vilamoura Loulé, Faro, Portugal | 29th Jul | 64 | |
| Alexandre Pereira | PN Serra de São Mamede--albufeira de Póvoa e Meadas Castelo de Vide, Portalegre, Portugal | 31st Jul | 59 | |
| Paulo Alves | Foz da ribeira do Vale Vaqueiro Abrantes, Santarém, Portugal | 1st Aug | 58 | |
| Paulo Roncon | Lagoa de Albufeira--área geral Sesimbra, Setúbal, Portugal | 31st Jul | 58 | |
| Luís Lourenço | Salinas do Samouco Alcochete, Setúbal, Portugal | 30th Jul | 57 | |
| Vilhelm Fagerström | Vasa Sacos Benavente, Santarém, Portugal | 1st Aug | 55 |
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