Tuesday, 18th March 2025, 11:40 a.m.
PN Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina--Sebe, Vila do Bispo, Faro, Portugal
Bradley Waggoner
Started prior to lighthouse with heavy rain shower. Conditions improved greatly with partial clearing the rest of the effort, temperatures rising into upper 50’s/low 60’s, and winds fairly light from sw to 5+. After time at lighthouse we birded the grassy headland to the north.
| 2 | Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa |
| 45 | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| 2 | Little BustardTetrax tetrax Viewed two different birds with scope - males in display with black neck bands. Mostly noted head and neck above tallish grass. Not cooperative for photos |
| 1 | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 1 | Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii |
| 250 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
| 1 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| 50 | Larus sp.Larus sp. |
| 8 | White StorkCiconia ciconia |
| 25 | Northern GannetMorus bassanus |
| 5 | European ShagGulosus aristotelis |
| 1 | Little OwlAthene noctua Noted perched on distant rock pile |
| 6 | Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus |
| 1 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 2 | Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Lifer. On wires before getting into grasslands |
| 10 | Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis |
| 2 | Thekla's/Crested LarkGalerida theklae/cristata |
| 8 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 6 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 1 | Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita |
| 6 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 45 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| 2 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 2 | Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros |
| 1 | Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius |
| 8 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 12 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 28 | Pied Wagtail/White WagtailMotacilla alba Goodly numbers in pastures with cows. |
| 5 | Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs |
| 2 | European GreenfinchChloris chloris |
| 50 | Common LinnetLinaria cannabina Huge flock near cattle pen area |
| 5 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |
| 15 | European SerinSerinus serinus |
| 20 | Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra |