Category Archives: Portugal

Little Egret

Pelecaniformes

Place: Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk
Date: 29 October 2013.



Place: Near St.Just in Roseland, Cornwall
Date: 28 October 2012.


Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 21 August 2012.



Place: Abraão, Ilha Grande, Brazil
Date: 29 April 2014.


Place: Parque Natural de Ria Formosa, Algarve, Portugal
Date: 15 June 2015.


Place: Cley-Next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Date: 1 September 2015.



[Egretta garzetta, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little egret]

The sound of the little egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

Distribution and sightings of the little egret across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Young Stork Attempting to Fly

Ciconiiformes

Place: Faro, Algarve, Portugal
Date: 15 June 2015.




[Ciconia ciconia, Family Ciconiidae, Order Ciconiiformes, Wikipedia Entry: White stork]

The sound of the white stork (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

Distribution and sightings of the white stork across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the white stork across the British Isles

Black Redstart

Passeriformes #2

Place: Conimbriga ruins near Coimbra, Portugal
Date: 23 August 2013.






[Phoenicurus ochruros, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black redstart]

The sound of the black redstart (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

Distribution of the black redstart across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution of black redstart across the British Isles

Black-winged Stilt

Charadriiformes

Place: Quinta do Lago, Eastern Algarve, Portugal
Date: 16 June 2015.


[Himantopus himantopus, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-winged stilt]

The sound of the black-winged stilt (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)

Distribution of the black-winged stilt across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution of black-winged stilt across the British Isles