Sunday, 23rd March 2025, 2:33 p.m.
Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina, Bordeira, Aljezur, Faro, Portugal
Bradley Waggoner
Checked spots along road heading out of town in a pleasant little valley. Mixed habitats though wind still making birding tough.
| 11 | Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki |
| 2 | Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus |
| 7 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 3 | Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita |
| 1 | Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus Very responsive bird to playback possibly on territory. Sang and called often |
| 2 | Common/Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita/ibericus Likely Iberian |
| 2 | Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti |
| 2 | Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus |
| 4 | Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla |
| 3 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 2 | Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes |
| 2 | Song ThrushTurdus philomelos |
| 1 | European RobinErithacus rubecula |
| 4 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 20 | Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild Fun little flock adjacent to the road. Frustrating though that they would entirely disappear in the thick grass |
| 25 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 4 | Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs |
| 12 | European GreenfinchChloris chloris |
| 24 | Common LinnetLinaria cannabina |
| 45 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |
| 40 | European SerinSerinus serinus Estimate within mixed flock of goldfinches and linnets |
| 8 | Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra |