Saturday, 15th February 2025, 12:03 p.m.
N. side of R. Mondego from A17 road bridge (2.9 km due NE. of Lares) to M601 r..., Figueira da Foz, Coimbra, Portugal
David Holyoak
2.9 miles travelled mainly in LandRover; coords give approx. midpoint
| 55 | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) all at or near large pumping station building & structures on canal |
| 3 | Green SandpiperTringa ochropus |
| 3 | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 1,128 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus ca 1100 in large flocks on recently drained rice fields, the individuals well spaced and apparently feeding; majority were adults, all seen well being of L. f. graellsii; flocks were surprisingly shy, even of approaching LandRover on banks |
| 20 | White StorkCiconia ciconia |
| 5 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 23 | Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus |
| 4 | Great White EgretArdea alba |
| 42 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea mainly well spaced, on recently drained rice fields |
| 1 | OspreyPandion haliaetus on almost exactly same area of wet rice field NE. of Ereira as bird seen on 10 Dec. 2024 |
| 1 | Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus |
| 1 | Common BuzzardButeo buteo |
| 9 | Carrion CrowCorvus corone |
| 2 | Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita |
| 3 | Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris with group of 12 S. unicolor |
| 16 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| 40 | Common/Spotless StarlingSturnus vulgaris/unicolor |
| 1 | Song ThrushTurdus philomelos |
| 1 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 1 | European RobinErithacus rubecula |
| 1 | Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros adult male; close to pumping station, feeding persistently on surface of large dense mat of Myriophyllum aquaticum impounded there |
| 1 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 2 | House SparrowPasser domesticus both males |
| 22 | White Wagtail (alba)Motacilla alba alba/dukhunensis including flock of 20 loosely associated on open wet mud of recently drained rice field |
| 8 | Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis |
| 26 | Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs |
| 8 | European GreenfinchChloris chloris |
| 3 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |
| 4 | European SerinSerinus serinus |