Saturday, 1st February 2025, 11:20 a.m.
Lezíria Grande de Vila Franca de Xira--área geral, Vila Franca de Xira, Lisboa, Portugal
Miguel Appleton
| 28 | Greylag GooseAnser anser Count of a single group flying by. Another big group heard in the distance |
| 11 | Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna 2 + 10 + 11 |
| 1 | GarganeySpatula querquedula At least 1 male (possibly 2) mixed with crecca. Possibly more birds, they were very far so it would be super hard to ID females. On the main canal. Seen well with the telescope, from the big eucalyptus. |
| 200 | Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata |
| 20 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 1 | Northern PintailAnas acuta |
| 400 | Eurasian/Green-winged TealAnas crecca |
| 4 | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| 6 | Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola Ponta da Erva |
| 150 | Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus |
| 12 | Common SnipeGallinago gallinago |
| 2 | Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos |
| 3 | Green SandpiperTringa ochropus |
| 4 | Common RedshankTringa totanus |
| 2 | Common GreenshankTringa nebularia |
| 50 | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 10 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis Mixed with one group of fuscus |
| 300 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus Definitely more. Several big groups seen all around. |
| 4 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 600 | Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus |
| 20 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 5 | Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis |
| 1 | Great White EgretArdea alba |
| 10 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 8 | Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus |
| 1 | Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis |
| 9 | Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus |
| 3 | Carrion CrowCorvus corone |
| 3 | Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis Heard singing |
| 15 | Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra Single group, flying together. Big larks, with very dark underwings and white on the tips of the flight feathers (as seen from below), as well as white side edges on the tail. The group took flight as I passed a field here: 38.900063,-8.920010 |
| 6 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 10 | Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita |
| 3 | Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti |
| 2 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 300 | Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris |
| 5 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| 8 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 20 | Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer |
| 5 | Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild |
| 200 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 1 | Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus Seen perched on a cable |
| 12 | Pied Wagtail/White WagtailMotacilla alba |
| 1 | Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii |
| 4 | Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis |
| 3 | European GreenfinchChloris chloris |
| 15 | Common LinnetLinaria cannabina |
| 15 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |
| 30 | European SerinSerinus serinus |
| 4 | Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra |