Thursday, 1st May 2025, 6:45 a.m.
The Plains, Mértola, Beja, Portugal
Sigrid Auroux
Circuit of the Alentejo plains in a van with Frank McClintock as a guide.
| 5 | GadwallMareca strepera |
| 4 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 2 | Red-crested PochardNetta rufina |
| 1 | Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus |
| 1 | Common QuailCoturnix coturnix Saw one, heard several (bubbles) |
| 10 | Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa |
| 1 | Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus |
| 5 | European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur |
| 10 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 3 | Great BustardOtis tarda |
| 1 | Little BustardTetrax tetrax |
| 1 | Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus |
| 5 | Eurasian CootFulica atra |
| 4 | Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus |
| 2 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus |
| 3 | Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubius |
| 1 | Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis |
| 6 | Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus |
| 15 | White StorkCiconia ciconia |
| 1 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 1 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 1 | Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata |
| 3 | Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus |
| 5 | Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus |
| 4 | Black KiteMilvus migrans |
| 4 | Common BuzzardButeo buteo |
| 2 | Little OwlAthene noctua |
| 5 | Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops |
| 15 | European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster |
| 1 | Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis |
| 5 | European RollerCoracias garrulus |
| 1 | Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major |
| 2 | Iberian Green WoodpeckerPicus sharpei |
| 10 | Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni |
| 5 | Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus |
| 2 | Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus |
| 10 | Iberian Grey ShrikeLanius meridionalis |
| 1 | Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius |
| 15 | Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki |
| 10 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 1 | Eurasian JackdawColoeus monedula |
| 10 | Carrion CrowCorvus corone |
| 5 | Common RavenCorvus corax |
| 50 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata They were everywhere |
| 15 | Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra |
| 10 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 4 | Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris |
| 50 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica Seen everywhere in the area |
| 10 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| 10 | European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula |
| 1 | Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus |
| 1 | Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti |
| 3 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 2 | Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes |
| 30 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| 3 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 5 | Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos |
| 10 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 1 | Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica |
| 25 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 1 | Pied Wagtail/White WagtailMotacilla alba |
| 1 | European GreenfinchChloris chloris |
| 10 | Common LinnetLinaria cannabina |
| 10 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |
| 1 | European SerinSerinus serinus |
| 25 | Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra |