Sunday, 13th April 2025, 10:37 a.m.
Lezíria Grande de Vila Franca de Xira--área geral, Vila Franca de Xira, Lisboa, Portugal
Stuart MacKay
| 2 | Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna |
| 2 | GadwallMareca strepera |
| 116 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 17 | Red-crested PochardNetta rufina |
| 15 | Common QuailCoturnix coturnix Exact count of calling birds. Every large area of grass had birds |
| 5 | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| 2 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 1 | Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba |
| 3 | Common SwiftApus apus |
| 18 | Pallid SwiftApus pallidus |
| 5 | Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus |
| 2 | Eurasian CootFulica atra |
| 1 | Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio |
| 71 | Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta |
| 160 | Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola |
| X | Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula Heard only |
| 4 | WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus |
| X | Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa |
| 1 | Common SnipeGallinago gallinago |
| 20 | Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos Exact count. |
| 6 | Green SandpiperTringa ochropus Exact count. 4 together at Marinhas da Saragoça. |
| 8 | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 5 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| 39 | White StorkCiconia ciconia |
| 3 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 220 | Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus Exact count. Many groups of birds flying NE from Mouchão da Póvoa. |
| 1 | Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia |
| 46 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 10 | Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis |
| 16 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 11 | Purple HeronArdea purpurea |
| 1 | Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata |
| 8 | Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus |
| 1 | Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus Female/imm. Quite pale looking but quite bulky compared with Montagu's. |
| 9 | Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus |
| 1 | Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus |
| 9 | Carrion CrowCorvus corone |
| 20 | Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis |
| 9 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| 40 | Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla |
| 187 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis Exact count of singing / displaying birds all the entire length of the route. |
| 53 | Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus Exact count of singing males. |
| 2 | Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus |
| 1 | Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides |
| 1 | Sand MartinRiparia riparia |
| 19 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 52 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| 24 | Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti |
| 10 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 1 | Dartford WarblerCurruca undata |
| 9 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| 2 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 41 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 1 | Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica Ad male. About 200m south of the airstrip on the main "road". |
| 8 | Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer |
| 2 | Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild |
| 280 | House SparrowPasser domesticus More or less an exact count. |
| 10 | Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus Exact count. Several pairs seen in the SW of the area. |
| 122 | Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava Exact count of birds seen along the route |
| 15 | European GreenfinchChloris chloris |
| 49 | Common LinnetLinaria cannabina Exact count |
| 11 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |
| 36 | Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra |