Friday, 7th February 2025, 12:50 p.m.
Cascais (town), Cascais, Lisboa, Portugal
Jack Bushong
Took an uber up here from Lisbon to check it out. Mostly overcast when we arrived, transitioning to light rain at the end. Started at Rocha da Nau, swung briefly through the park, and ended at Praia da Rainha. The park was beautiful, lush, and full of birds but I was with friends/no bins/moving quickly so couldn’t do much but attempt to ID what I was hearing. Park looked very Australia-like with well-manicured lawns and towering eucalyptus. An idyllic setting, especially with the old castle (now a museum) perched along a tendril of clear blue water that comes in from the sea.
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Incidental
2Muscovy Duck (Domestic type)Cairina moschata (Domestic type)
Two domestics Muscovy’s next to the park pond.
60Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon)
2Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
4Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
2WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
At Rocha da Nau, landed on the rock outcrop below us while we were admiring the view.
50Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
2Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
30Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
7Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
5Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
1Eurasian Jay (Eurasian)Garrulus glandarius [glandarius Group]
6Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
1Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
2Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
1Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
5Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
2House SparrowPasser domesticus
1Pied Wagtail/White WagtailMotacilla alba
3European GreenfinchChloris chloris
1European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
1European SerinSerinus serinus