Thursday, 20th March 2025, 12:03 p.m.
PN Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina--Vale Santo, Vila do Bispo, Faro, Portugal
Bradley Waggoner
Worked grassland areas as last time but also went further west and north on side roads. Not quite as productive for possible specialties but showery breezy weather was quite difficult.
| 2 | Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa |
| X | Rock Dove (Wild type)Columba livia (Wild type) At this location how in heck would one really confidently differentiate between wild and feral. We are near coastal cliffs but also in farmland with structures and cattle?! |
| 120 | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| 4 | Common/Pallid SwiftApus apus/pallidus I would have gone with Common on these, but not with full confidence. Seemed darker, blacker and not as “pudgy” |
| 18 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
| 2 | White StorkCiconia ciconia |
| 6 | Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus |
| 1 | Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus |
| 2 | Common RavenCorvus corax |
| 5 | Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis |
| 1 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata Long straight bill. Hid behind base of post during severe rain squall |
| 2 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 8 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 1 | Song ThrushTurdus philomelos |
| 4 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 1 | Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros |
| 10 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 14 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 9 | Pied Wagtail/White WagtailMotacilla alba |
| 3 | Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis |
| 5 | Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs |
| 8 | European GreenfinchChloris chloris |
| 18 | Common LinnetLinaria cannabina |
| 16 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |
| 15 | Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra |