Sunday, 19th January 2025, 8:20 a.m.
Barcoila (NW. of Sertã), garden at Quinta da Cachopa, Sertã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
David Holyoak
dry at start, cloudy later, eventually raining
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1Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
close but very quick views of male bird flying to catch small passerine from outer twigs of sapling in garden
1Common BuzzardButeo buteo
1Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
photos of male
2Iberian Green WoodpeckerPicus sharpei
calls heard; 1 glimpsed later
2Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
2Carrion CrowCorvus corone
3Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
2Great TitParus major
3Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
3Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
2Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
both male & female seen well
2Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
4Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
1European RobinErithacus rubecula
2Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
6House SparrowPasser domesticus
25Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
photos of female
3European GreenfinchChloris chloris
1European SerinSerinus serinus
male
5Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus