Tuesday, 18th March 2025, 7:30 a.m.
PN Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina--Burgau, Vila do Bispo, Faro, Portugal
Bradley Waggoner
Morning yard effort on much better conditions other than a brief heavy rain shower. Partly cloudy, calm winds going sw wind 5-10, and temperatures in the 50’s
| 12 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos 8 below in STP area and 4 flyovers |
| 1 | Common QuailCoturnix coturnix Heard only - yet to see |
| 2 | Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa |
| 4 | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| 4 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 1 | Eurasian CootFulica atra STP ponds to the north |
| 2 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus Wetland/ponds in the valley to the north |
| 1 | Tringa sp.Tringa sp. Distant and in flight downhill at STP ponds and wetland. Possibly Green Sandpiper |
| 15 | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus STP area |
| 25 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
| 10 | Yellow-legged/Lesser Black-backed GullLarus michahellis/fuscus |
| 4 | Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis STP ponds valley to the north |
| 3 | Northern GannetMorus bassanus |
| 1 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea STP lagoons |
| 1 | Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus |
| 1 | Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops Noted in flight downhill and to the north |
| 1 | Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus |
| 8 | Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki |
| 2 | Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae |
| 2 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| 4 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 5 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 8 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| 4 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 5 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| 3 | Song ThrushTurdus philomelos |
| 5 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 1 | Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros |
| 4 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 8 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 2 | Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis |
| 2 | Common LinnetLinaria cannabina |
| 16 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |
| 2 | Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra Lifer. Territorial singing in the area often using the fence posts |