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Central Portugal Birding Walks

guided birding watching walks and events based in Central Portugal. Also bird audit service available for land
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29/03/2023

Come and learn about the spring birds, calling for mates, starting to nest, migrants are returning. Learn to identify for yourself and enjoy the knowledge at home

Quinta Bird Watch
22nd April
9.30-12.30

Spend time with an experienced birder learning about the birds of our local area.
This is a busy time of year for observing summer migrants such as Bee eater and Booted and Snake eagles and if we are lucky we will see our first Orioles. We will listen to their calls and songs and observe their coming and going’s and talk about how to identify each species
Coffee and tea provided after
If you have you own binoculars please feel free to bring them.
Group size is limited to six per session to ensure everyone gets to learn as much as possible and to keep our noise to a minimum!
Booking and prepayment is essential to secure your place
Payment can be done online or in person at our Quinta in Aguas
Sessions will take place at our Quinta in Aguas not far from the Termas.
15€ per person

Please message to book in

04/11/2022

Now the summer heat has gone we are restarting our bird walks. Details of the first one are below:

Quinta Bird Walk
20th November
9.30-12.30

Spend time with an experienced birder learning about the birds of our local area.
This is a busy time of year for observing winter migrants such as Red Kites and Firecrests. We will listen to their calls and songs and observe their coming and going’s and talk about how to identify each species
Coffee and tea provided after
If you have you own binoculars please feel free to bring them.
Group size is limited to six per session to ensure everyone gets to learn as much as possible and to keep our noise to a minimum!
Booking and prepayment is essential to secure your place
Payment can be done online or in person at our village house in Aguas
Sessions will take place at our Quinta in Aguas
15€ per person

Please message to book in

04/08/2021

A recent bird survey morning to a local producer of organic fruit and veg gave us a good opportunity to pick their brains about our own gardening efforts while producing good list from a couple of hours walking the land with the farm owner, here is our list

Dark phase booted Eagle
30 griffon vultures
Azure winged magpie
6 crows
Blue tit
Great tit
Goldfinch
Stonechat
Blackbird
House sparrow
Jay
Woodchat shrike
Sardinian warbler
Melodious warbler
Bonellis warbler
Orphian warbler
Heard golden oriole
Bee eater

If you would be interested in having a survey morning with Richard please contact us for details (gardening knowledge not needed, 😁)

02/08/2021

Another list from one of our previous Quinta bird watches, our next one is on the 8th of August, details found here https://fb.me/e/1bI7mieXa, message the page for booking in

3rd July birding sessions

6am session
Peregrine
White stork
Wood pigeon
Woodchat shrike
Nightingale
Golden oriole
European bee eater
Barn swallow
Red rumpled swallow
House Martin
Common swift
Blue tit
Great twist
Long tailed tit
Wren
Nuthatch
Short toed treecreeper
Serin
Goldfinch
Chaffinch
Linnit
Hawfinch
Booted eagle
White wagtail
Spotless starling
House sparrow
Spainish sparrow
Black redstart
Zitting cisticola
Cirl bunting
Great spotted woodpecker
Cettis warbler
Blackcap
Sardinian warbler
Stonechat
Grey heron
35 spices seen

9.30 session

White stork
Black stork
Griffin vulture
Booted eagle
Short toed eagle
Golden oriole
Azure winged magpie
Blackbird
Sardinian warbler
Cetti’s warbler
Cisticola
Chafinch
Spotless starling
Goldfinch
Serin
Linnit
Redrumped swallow
Barn swallow
House Martin
Common swift
Short toed tree creeper
Nuthatch
Great spotted woodpecker
Wood pigeon
European bee eater
Corn bunting
House sparrow
Blue tit
Stonechat
Woodchat shrike
White wagtail

32 species seen

43 species overall

01/08/2021

Weather is looking good for next weekend Quinta bird watch, don’t forget to book in, link for details here https://fb.me/e/4JErmXVXU

27/07/2021

Early start today for the first Penha Garcia hike, sky’s were busy today with 35 species seen and lovely hike too. Our next event is our family Quinta watch day, details can be found here https://fb.me/e/EX8KvBD7

Here is the list from today, we will be holding a shorter easier hike next month in the same location.
(list edited to include the scientific names)

1. Blue Rock Thrush (seen but not singing) Monticola solitarius
2. Blackbird Turdus merula
3. Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
4. House Martin Delichon urbicum
5. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
6. Red Rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
7. Common Swift Apus apus
8. Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
9. Great Tit Parus major
10. Long Tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
11. Coal Tit Periparus ater
12. Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
13. Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
14. Sub Alpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
15. Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
16. Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
17. Bonelli’s Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli,
18. Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
19. Greenfinch Chloris chloris
20. Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
21. Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
22. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
23. Spanish Sparrow (dead) Passer hispaniolensis
24. Raven Corvus corax
25. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
26. Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
27. Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
28. Short Toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus
29. Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
30. Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
31. Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
32. Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
33. Hoopoe Upupa epops
34. Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
35. Azure Winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus

Thanks to Gill for the photos

15/07/2021

While we organise dates for our next few events here we will put up the reports from our previous walks, here if the first we hosted on the 19/6

Wood pigeon - 🇵🇹Pombo-torcaz
Collard dove - 🇵🇹Rola Turca
Common Swift - 🇵🇹Andorinhao Pretoria
White stork - 🇵🇹Cegonha Branca
European Bee eater - 🇵🇹 Abelharuco
Great spotted woodpecker - 🇵🇹Pica Pau malhado
Golden oriole - 🇵🇹 Papa Figos
Woodchat shrike - 🇵🇹 Picanco Barreteiro
Azure winged magpie - 🇵🇹 Charneco Iberico
Great tit - 🇵🇹 Chapim Real
Woodlark - 🇵🇹 Cotovia Dos Bosques
Zitting cisticola - 🇵🇹 Fuinha Dos Juncos
Barn Swallow - 🇵🇹 Andorinha Das Chamines
House Martin - 🇵🇹 Andorinha Dos Beirais
Cetti’s warbler - 🇵🇹 Rouxinol Bravo
Blackcap - 🇵🇹 Toutinegra De Barrete
Sardinian warbler - 🇵🇹 Toutinegra Dos Valados
Long tailed tit - 🇵🇹 Chapim Rabilongo
Short toed tree creeper - 🇵🇹 Trepadeira Do Sul
Nuthatch - 🇵🇹 Trepadeira Azul
Spotless starling - 🇵🇹 Estorninho Preto
Blackbird - 🇵🇹 Melro Preto
Mistle thrush - 🇵🇹 Tordoveia
Robin - 🇵🇹 Pisco De Peito Ruivo
Black redstart - 🇵🇹 Rabirruivo Comum
Common redstart - 🇵🇹 Rabirruivo De Testa Branca
Stonechat - 🇵🇹 Cartaxo Comum
House sparrow - 🇵🇹 Pardal De Telhado
White wagtail - 🇵🇹 Alveola Branca
Chaffinch - 🇵🇹 Tentilhao Comum
Hawfinch - 🇵🇹 Bico Grossudo
Goldfinch - 🇵🇹 Pintassilgo
Serin - 🇵🇹 Milheirinha Europeia
Corn bunting - 🇵🇹 Trigueirao

Apologies if the names are translated wrong, we are working as best we can out of our Portugese Burd guides to translate them!

14/07/2021

Welcome to Central Portugal Birding Walks new page. We are a new venture based near Penamacor, Castelo Branco offering guided bird watching walks and tours of our local area. We also offer a Quinta or land survey giving you a snapshot of the bird life that inhabits whee you live and work. More information will follow in the next few days, for now please like and follow us to keep up to date with our activities

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