Monday, 2nd June 2025, 8:54 a.m.
7750-026, Alcaria Ruiva, Mértola, Beja, Portugal
Debbie Colbourne
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82 mins
2.5 km
5Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalis
Flying low and calling.
3White StorkCiconia ciconia
2Black VultureAegypius monachus
2 adults soaring with Griffons
5Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
1Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
1Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
2Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
In brief fight with Western Marsh Harrier. Size difference obvious
2Black KiteMilvus migrans
1Little OwlAthene noctua
Perched on pile of rocks in field
4Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
3European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
2Common MagpiePica pica
1Common RavenCorvus corax
3Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
6Crested LarkGalerida cristata
1Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
7Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
3Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
Feeding young
2European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
3Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
2Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
2Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra