Saturday, 15th February 2025, 5:39 p.m.
Holiday Stay. 8 Rua Cimeira, Moncarapacho, Olhão, Faro, Portugal
Peter Milinets-Raby
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30 mins
0.6 km
1Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Flying over
6Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Around the property
7Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Flying over heading south to roost on the salt pans
1White StorkCiconia ciconia
Flying over heading south
26Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
Flocks of 5. 5. 16 flying over heading south to roost on the salt pans
26Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki
Groups of 2, 8. 2. 4. 9 and 1 heading east to roost in a large clump of trees about 150 metres away.
2Common MagpiePica pica
Singles flying over
2Great TitParus major
Two individuals heard singing
1Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Singing
1Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Heard "zipping" and seen briefly.
3Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Flying over
18Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Flock milling about the houses
7Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
At least seven hanging around in the bushes
3Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
Three individuals singing from differing areas.
2Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
Perched on the TV ariel
5Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
Individual males.
1Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Female on the roof on the property
7House SparrowPasser domesticus
In the back garden.
6White Wagtail (alba)Motacilla alba alba/dukhunensis
Groups of 2. 3 .1 passing over heading north
1Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Female
2Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
Two individuals heard flying over
5European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Trees in the back garden
4European SerinSerinus serinus
Pair in the tree in the back garden and two other single males singing in the front of the property