27 May 2014

Birdwatching in Portugal - Great & Little Bustard

Today we are posting a few photographs of some of the birds that we saw during this particular outing. 

As you can see below, we managed to capture a few images of some very special birds; the Great Bustard and the Little Bustard.

Calandra Lark

Spanish Sparrow

Roller

Short-toed Eagle

Bee-eater

Spoonbill

Little Bustard

Little Bustard

Little Bustard

Great Bustard

Great Bustard
Great Bustard

Calandra Lark

Calandra Lark

Spoonbill

Spoonbill

Purple Heron

Bee-eater

Roller
Here is a complete list of the birds that we spotted during our weekend outing:

Roller 
Bee-eater
Spoonbill
Little Bustard
Great Bustard
White Stork
Purple Heron
Little Grebe
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Purple Gallinule
Short-toed Eagle
Common Buzzard
Black Kite 
Calandra Lark
Thekla Lark
Coot
Little Owl
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture
Griffon Vulture
Booted Eagle
Montagu Harrier
Marsh Harrier
Black-winged Kite
Lesser Kestrel
Red-legged Partridge
Avocet
Black-winged Stilt
Collard Pratincole
White-rumped Swallow
Hoopoe
Swallow
Black-eared Wheatear
Great Reed Warbler
Golden Oriole
Southern Grey Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
Magpie
Azure-winged Magpie
Spanish Sparrow
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Night Heron
Great White Egret
Grey Heron


Woodchat Shrike

Black Kite

Roller

It was a fantastic weekend, and great company as always. Now lets see where our next outing takes us… 

We hope you all enjoy these images, bye for now.

15 May 2014

Dipper

Cinclus cinclus

The dipper is unmistakeable; a stout, brown bird with dazzling white throat and breast.

It perches on rocks and boulders, bobbing and curtseying, with its short tail slightly cocked.





This bird nests along fast flowing rivers, mostly in hilly areas.

In winter they are thinly distributed along rivers, streams and forest bricks,but is a hardy species and they will remain in areas where rivers are half frozen.






Their flight pattern is low, quite straight and fast .






Well it was fantastic for us to have been able to observe this beautiful and very energetic bird for quite a few hours. 

We hope you all enjoy the photos. Please check out our Bird Nerds 2 Photo Gallery for more photographs of the Dipper.