Sunday, 9th February 2025, 10:40 a.m.
Rua de São Pedro, Santa Luzia, Tavira, Faro, Portugal
Sally Anderson
birding with Bill M. along Rua São Pedro and Rua dos Trindades from the wood lot near Maria Flaminga to just before the Santa Luzia cais/waterfront. The track map is useless as eBird wasn't working so I had to transfer the list from the restaurant on the cais/waterfront
| 12 | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| 4 | Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus |
| 15 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 1 | Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus |
| 1 | Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus hovering then diving on something W of train crossing |
| 1 | hawk sp.Accipitridae sp. (hawk sp.) gliding fairly fast and straight across a large field and orchard area; medium brown overall (tending to rusty on top?), much lighter (white or cream) rump/flank and maybe vent area, possibly a fairly wide darker band at tip of tail, possibly a lighter area underwing; 4 (possibly 5) "fingers" visible in some pics |
| 2 | Little OwlAthene noctua h.o. nearer calling and more distant answered calls from area usually heard & observed |
| 1 | Iberian Green WoodpeckerPicus sharpei probably 2 indiv. heard multiple times from two different areas about 200m apart |
| 1 | woodpecker sp.Picidae sp. prob. Great Spotted WP, perched on distant utility poll, photos may be useless for ID |
| 1 | Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus |
| 9 | Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki + |
| 4 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 5 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| 7 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 8 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 3 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| 15 | Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita ++ |
| 3 | Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti |
| 1 | Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla |
| 6 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 4 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| 1 | Song ThrushTurdus philomelos |
| 5 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 1 | Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros |
| 5 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola incl. apparent pair flying off together |
| 20 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 8 | Pied Wagtail/White WagtailMotacilla alba |
| 5 | European GreenfinchChloris chloris |
| 1 | Common LinnetLinaria cannabina feeding in path well ahead of us |
| 7 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |
| 4 | European SerinSerinus serinus |