Sunday, 27th April 2025, 5:12 p.m.
Rua da Direita 41, Alcobaça, Alcobaça, Leiria, Portugal
Clive Viegas Bennett
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160 mins
3.7 km
1MallardAnas platyrhynchos
1European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
Heard calling several times over a period of 20 mins. Call confirmed most of these times by Merlin. Could not confirm visually but had a good sighting of a Turtle Dove in this spot last year.
1Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
1Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
2Great TitParus major
4Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
12Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Common House Martin (Western HM as you denominate it), delichon urbicum, is very common in this area, in fact much of Portugal. These ones nest in the house across the street from me and have been doing so for decades. I’m perplexed that it’s unreported!
2Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
3Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
3Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
2Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
1Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Listened to song for a long time. Unmistakeable . Confirmed by Merlin.
3Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
2European RobinErithacus rubecula
1Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
6House SparrowPasser domesticus
1European GreenfinchChloris chloris
4European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
1European SerinSerinus serinus