It has taken from last September until this morning, to add the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker to my trip list. I have found them easily both in Alvor and around Pincho in previous years, as well as chance sightings in other locations. What makes this encounter rather ironical is that the sighting was in the next road to where we are staying and, I first saw a male, then a female and then their nest site! Only a brief glimpse of the male before flying off. The female arrived later and began some serious pecking in the nest hole. Between visits by each woodpecker, sightings were had of a Jay and a great Wryneck. Earlier at Salgados lagoons, I was treated to another sighting of one of the Otters, just on sunrise. The sun lit up the reed bed around the singing Reed Warbler. The Woodchat Shrikes continue to show well, two were seen in the car park trees. The Nightingale I heard yesterday actually showed quite well, flitting between trees showing a conspicuous red/brown tail. Again it managed a few notes of its musical song.
There are now two Purple Herons on the site and a Little Bittern flew between reed beds. Comments are closed.
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