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An excellent week in the Algarve made special by a trip to Altentajo region. Our guide for the day was Simon Wates (find him on the internet). He arrived at the hotel at 7am and drove us to the Altentajo. He knew which farm tracks to turn down and the promised birds were usually there.
cattle egret
grey heron
white stork
gadwall
black-shouldered kite
black kite
red kite
griffon vulture
black vulture
short-toed eagle
marsh harrier
montagu's harrier (many)
buzzard
booted eagle
bonelli's eagle
lesser kestrel
kestrel
red-legged partridge
little bustard
great bustard
black-winged stilt
collared pratincole
black-bellied sandgrouse
little owl
red-necked nightjar
bee-eater
roller
hoopoe
calandra lark
short-toed lark
crested lark
thekla lark
woodlark
crag martin
swallow
red-rumped swallow
house martin
white wagtail
rufous bush robin
nightingale
stonechat
black-eared wheatear
blue tit
great tit
nuthatch
short-toed treecreeper
southern grey shrike
woodchat shrike
azure-winged magpie
carrion crow
raven
spotless starling
house sparrow
rock sparrow
spanish sparrow
goldfinch
corn bunting
We got back to our hotel at 9:15pm absolutely kn*******.
During our stay in Alvor we also saw Kentish Plover, fan-tailed warbler, swift, pallid swift and many little tern fishing in the harbour.
I hope that that's an accurate record of a memorable trip.
Dave & Linda
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