Iberian Peninsula WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS (Birds & Mammals) NOTE - Species listed in order of date of first seeing them April May 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 1st Common Swift X X X X X X X X X X Eurasian Magpie X X X X X X X Yellow-legged Gull X X X X X X X X X X X European Serin X X X X X X X X Feral Pigeon Columba livia X X X X X X X X X Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala X X X Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus X X X X X X House Sparrow Parus domesticus X X X X X X X X X X Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor X X X X X X X X X Woodpigeon Columba palumbus X X X X X X X X X X European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur X X X X Audouin’s Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii X X Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis X X Common Blackbird Turdus merula X X X X X X X X X European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis X X X X X X Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis X X Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus X X X Greater Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo X X Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus X X X X X X Pallid Swift Apus pallidus X X X X Common House Martin Delichon urbicum X X X X X X X X Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris X X X X Weatern Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis X X X X Barn Swallow Nycticorax nycticorax X X X X X X X X April May 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 1st Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula X X X X Mallard Anas platyrhynchos X X X X X X X Southern Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor X X Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica X X Black Kite Milvus migrans X X X Common Buzzard Buteo buteo X X X X X White Stork Ciconia ciconia X X X Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs X X X X X Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator X X Little Egret Egretta garzetta X X X Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax X X X Northern Raven Corvus corax X X Grey Heron Ardea cinerea X X X Great Tit Parus major X X X Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus X X X Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus X X X Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica X X Northern Gannet Morus bassanus X X X X Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia X Dunlin Calidris alpina X Chroicocephalus Black-headed Gull X X ridibundus Common Nightengale Luscinia megarhynchos X Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus X Black Vulture Coragyps atratus X Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti X European Bee-eater Merops apiaster X Hoopoe Upupa epops X April May 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 1st Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra X Crested Lark Galerida cristata X Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax X Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus X Common Tern Sterna hirundo X X Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba X Great Skua Stercorarius skua X Black Tern Chlidonias niger X White Wagtail Motacilla alba X X X Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros X X X Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla X X X Rook Corvus frugilegus X X European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola X X Carrion Crow Corvus corone X X THE Robin :-) Erithacus rubecula X X Common Linnet Linaria cannabina X X Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus X Notes - Species listed in order of date of first seeing them. - List includes all species seen on the day of Embarkation to the Ocean Adventurer in Barcelona Itinerary 20th April - Barcelona 21st April - At Sea to Cartagena 22nd April - Murcia and Cartagena 23rd April - Granada 24th April - Cordoba 25th April - Seville 26th April - Ronda 27th April - At Sea 28th April - Porto 29th April - Santiago de Compostella 30th April - A Coruna and Lugo 1st May - Gijon/Oviedo/Picos de Europa 2nd May - Bilbao.