Portugal
Portugal
Just back from a family holiday in the Algarve. Nice area, and great to see some Mediterranean species that I haven't seen for some years.
Around the hotel were Sardinian Warbler, Serin, Spotless Starling, Azure-Winged Magpie, Hoopoe, Waxbill, Red-Rumped Swallow, and Fan Tailed Warbler.
A short drive away, the Lagoon de Los Salgados was incredible: in just an hour I had seen a whole array of wetland birds including Audouin's Gull, Greater Flamingo, Purple Gallinule, Purple Heron, Glossy ibis, White Stork, Kentish Plover, Avocet and Black-winged Stilt.
I also spent a late afternoon and evening in the mountains inland from Albufeira, and had a good view of Short Toed Eagle, Golden Eagle, plus Southern Grey Shrike and a few Nightingales. Some good Mammals here as darkness fell including European Free-tailed Bat, Kuhl's Pipistrelle, Serotine and Iberian Hare. Alas, I didn't stumble across anything more exotic such as Genet which I would have given my right arm to see!
Finally, I saw my first Iberian Chiff-Chaff, a species that wasn't recognised last time I spent a good deal of time in Southern Spain! Managed to record the song on my EOS600d...
https://soundcloud.com/pjnaturesounds/iberian-chiff-chaff-at-krazyworld?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=googleplus
Just back from a family holiday in the Algarve. Nice area, and great to see some Mediterranean species that I haven't seen for some years.
Around the hotel were Sardinian Warbler, Serin, Spotless Starling, Azure-Winged Magpie, Hoopoe, Waxbill, Red-Rumped Swallow, and Fan Tailed Warbler.
A short drive away, the Lagoon de Los Salgados was incredible: in just an hour I had seen a whole array of wetland birds including Audouin's Gull, Greater Flamingo, Purple Gallinule, Purple Heron, Glossy ibis, White Stork, Kentish Plover, Avocet and Black-winged Stilt.
I also spent a late afternoon and evening in the mountains inland from Albufeira, and had a good view of Short Toed Eagle, Golden Eagle, plus Southern Grey Shrike and a few Nightingales. Some good Mammals here as darkness fell including European Free-tailed Bat, Kuhl's Pipistrelle, Serotine and Iberian Hare. Alas, I didn't stumble across anything more exotic such as Genet which I would have given my right arm to see!
Finally, I saw my first Iberian Chiff-Chaff, a species that wasn't recognised last time I spent a good deal of time in Southern Spain! Managed to record the song on my EOS600d...
https://soundcloud.com/pjnaturesounds/iberian-chiff-chaff-at-krazyworld?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=googleplus
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