An incredible birding drive in Alentejo #2
Today, as we do at least once a week, I took my boys to our closest village to get bread at the “padaria” and run a couple of errands. Once again, our drive was filled with many many fantastic bird sightings. It was one of those days where they all show up for you :) Little by little I feel my sons more and more into spotting birds too, which is really fun. They both watch on their side of the car and shout “bird” anytime they see something, the eldest already knowing pretty well our local bird species, and the youngest one often wanting to get my binoculars and try to look at the birds. This make each drive to our village a real adventure for all of us. Here is the list of what we saw :
Golden Oriole
European Bee-eater
2 Black-winged Kites
House Sparrows
Iberian Magpies
Spotless Starlings
White Stork
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Little Owl
2 Iberian Grey Shrikes
Woodchat Shrike
2 Common Kestrels
Eurasian Collared-Doves
Common Buzzard
Crested Larks
Barn Swallows
Common Swifts
Common Raven
If you are interested in birding in Alentejo, please feel free to contact us.
