Friday 31 May 2013

My Portuguese birds!

Some views of the glorious countryside at Castro Verde.....



Male Stonechat

Alentejo list


Cattle Egret
Little Egret
Great Egret
Grey Heron
White Stork
Mallard
Griffon Vulture
Black Vulture
Golden Eagle
Iberian Imperial Eagle
Booted Eagle
Bonelli’s Eagle
Short-toed Eagle
Black-shouldered Kite
Black Kite
Marsh Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
Common Buzzard
Kestrel
peregrine
Red-legged Partridge
Moorhen
Coot
Great Bustard
Black-winged Stilt
Collared Pratincole
Little Ringed Plover
Ringed Plover
Lapwing
Sanderling
Yellow-legged Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Swift
Hoopoe
Bee-eater
Skylark
Crested Lark
Thekla Lark
Woodlark
Short-toed Lark
Sand Martin
Crag Martin
Barn Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
House Martin
Tawny Pipit
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail iberiae
((Nightingale))
Black-eared Wheatear
Stonechat
Blackbird
Blue Rock Thrush
Sardinian Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Zitting Cisticola
((Savi’s Warbler))
Crested Tit
Iberian Grey Shrike
Woodchat
Azure-winged Magpie
Magpie
Jay
Jackdaw
Carrion Crow
Spotless Starling
Golden Oriole
House Sparrow
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Serin
Corn Bunting
Rock Bunting

75 species

((heard))

2 comments:

The Euthymic Dog said...

interesting countryside. It seems to be worth the trip to find the delightful stone chat bird:)

StourbridgeRantBoy said...

I do'nt think i have ever seen a greater density of both Stonechats and Corn Buntings than around Castro Verde - mind you they had locally fledged.On almost every second post in the fields were SC's and CB's singing and perching everywhere.......

Laurie -