Sunday, 9th March 2025, 7:22 a.m.
PN Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina--Cabo de São Vicente, Vila do Bispo, Faro, Portugal
Jonathan Lethbridge
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70 mins
1.9 km
4Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Flock of 4 west close in, white in wings clearly visible
118Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
6 flocks all west, two of c50. Photo.
1Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
13Rock DoveColumba livia
On old fort
40Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
30Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
1Cory's/Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis/diomedea
West. Brown above, gleaming white below. Never flapped, glided on bowed wings, slow curved flight, gannets quicker. Unable at range to separate to race.
2Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicus
West
600Northern GannetMorus bassanus
All west, constant
9European ShagGulosus aristotelis
Group of 5 on cliff top with gulls, others flying below lighthouse
2Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
2Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
6Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
7Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
1Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
2Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
1Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
6European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
1Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
15Common LinnetLinaria cannabina