Saturday, 15th March 2025, 6:43 a.m.
Tomar--Ilha do Mouchão, Tomar, Santarém, Portugal
Bradley Waggoner
Rather thorough check of hotel grounds. Mostly sunny, calm winds, and temperatures in the low 40’s
| 1 | Mandarin DuckAix galericulata Male |
| 2 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 15 | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| 12 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 2 | Pallid SwiftApus pallidus Pair flying around building. Photos reveal more brownish plumage with fringed body, dark mask and eye to support Pallid over Common. |
| 1 | Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus |
| 1 | Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos |
| 14 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 1 | Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis Small, plump and rather larger billed colorful kingfisher. Orange underparts and turquoise blue upperparts. Flew in and perched briefly not far from where I was standing. |
| 7 | Carrion CrowCorvus corone |
| 4 | Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus |
| 1 | Great TitParus major |
| 2 | Sand MartinRiparia riparia |
| 1 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 55 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| 1 | Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita |
| 2 | Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti |
| 3 | Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla |
| 3 | Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes |
| 8 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| 4 | Song ThrushTurdus philomelos |
| 10 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 1 | Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros |
| 8 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 5 | Pied Wagtail/White WagtailMotacilla alba |
| 2 | Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs |
| 18 | European GreenfinchChloris chloris |
| 6 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |
| 4 | European SerinSerinus serinus |