Discoveries of Coastal Europe 2018 WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS (Birds & Mammals) Note: The species list starts after embarkation and in order of first seeing or hearing them. MAMMALS 4/30 5/1 5/2 5/3 5/4 5/5 5/6 5/7 5/8 5/9 5/10 Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus X Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis X Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus X Coypu Myocastor coypus X BIRDS 4/30 5/1 5/2 5/3 5/4 5/5 5/6 5/7 5/8 5/9 5/10 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo X X X X X X Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus X X X X X X Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis X X X Little Egret Egretta garzetta X X X X Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus X X X Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus X X X X X X X X X X Feral Pigeon Columba livia domestica X X X X X X X X X X X Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto X X X X X X X X X House Martin Delichon urbicum X X X X X X X Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica X X X X X X X X X X Common Swift Apus apus X X X X X X X X X X Pied (White) Wagtail Motacilla alba X X X X X X X THE Robin :-) Erithacus rubecula X X X X X X X Common Blackbird Turdus merula X X X X X X X X X X Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus X X X X X X X X X Carrion Crow Corvus corone X X X X X X X X X Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius X Eurasian Starling Sturnus vulgaris X X X X X X X X X House Sparrow Passer domesticus X X X X X X X X X X European Greenfinch Chloris chloris X X X X X European Serin Serinus serinus X Common Swift Apus apus X X X X X X X X X Mallard Anas platyrhynchos X X X X Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres X Northern Gannet Morus bassanus X X X X Eurasian Magpie Pica pica X X X X X X X X X Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor X Common Linnet Carduelis cannabina X X European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola X X Mute Swan Cygnus olor X X Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes X X X X X X X Western Jackdaw Corvus monedula X X X X X X X Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea X X Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis X Black Kite Milvus migrans X Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna X X X Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus X X X X Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis X X Grey Heron Ardea cinerea X X X White Stork Ciconia ciconia X X Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos X Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla X X X X Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita X X X X X X X Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus X X Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia X Common Buzzard Buteo buteo X X X X X Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs X X X X X X X European Herring Gull Larus argentatus X X X X X X X Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti X X Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus X Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major X Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europea X Goldcrest Regulus regulus X Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus X Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus X X X X Common Guillemot/Murre Uria aalga X Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus X Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax X Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava X Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros X Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus X Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus X Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula X Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata X Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis X Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus X Sand Martin/Bank Swallow Riparia riparia X Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus X Razorbill Alca torda X Common Pheasant Phasianus colchinus X Common/Eurasian Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis X Key to Dates April 30th - Lisbon May 1st - Porto May 2nd - Santiago de Compostella May 3rd - At Sea May 4th - Bordeaux May 5th - La Rochelle May 6th - Brest May 7th - St. Malo / Mont Saint Michelle May 8th - Sark /Jersey May 9th - Guernsey May 10th - Normandy.