Friday, 11th April 2025, 9:55 a.m.
Quinta da Atalaya, Alcochete, Setúbal, Portugal
Larry Schmahl
This is a private location
| 2 | Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca |
| 2 | Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata |
| 1 | GadwallMareca strepera |
| 6 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 4 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 10 | Common/Pallid SwiftApus apus/pallidus |
| 1 | Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus |
| 20 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus |
| 1 | Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos |
| 20 | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 25 | Little TernSternula albifrons Observed together in one flock. Guide felt that they had just arrived as he had not seen any this spring until now. |
| 50 | Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus Approximate count, varying ages |
| 2 | Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis |
| 6 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 45 | Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia Approximate count. All in one flying flock. Photos are not of the entire group. |
| 3 | Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis |
| 1 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 1 | OspreyPandion haliaetus Molting individual. |
| 2 | Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus |
| 1 | Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus Western Marsh Harrier, Booted Eagle and Osprey were all perched together in a dead tree. |
| 1 | Little OwlAthene noctua Poor ID photo |
| 4 | Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops |
| 2 | European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster |
| 1 | Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major |
| 1 | Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus |
| 2 | Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius |
| 40 | Common MagpiePica pica Approximate count. Rough count as the flock flew from one stand of trees to another. The birds just kept coming. |
| 4 | Carrion CrowCorvus corone |
| 2 | Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus |
| 1 | Great TitParus major |
| 4 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| X | Sand MartinRiparia riparia |
| 1 | Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti |
| 2 | Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea |
| 2 | Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla |
| 4 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| 2 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 1 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 2 | Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus |
| 1 | Western Yellow Wagtail (iberiae)Motacilla flava iberiae |