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short report (16 - 21 February 1999) by David B. Collinge
I have appended the list of birds from my 5 days in Puglia. It is an
exciting area. The surprises for me (in retrospect)
were Cormorant (I won't exclude the possibility that it might have
been a shag - it flew east along the coast at a great distance) and
Fieldfare.
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos - 20/2 Matera Red Kite - Milvus milvus - 20/2 Bradano Buzzard - Buteo buteo - 20/2 Matera Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus - 20/2 Matera Lapwing - Vanellus vanellus - 16/2 Milan Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michaellis - 20/2 Megaponto Rock Dove - Columba livia - 17/2 Martina Franca Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto - 20/2 Matera Calandra Lark - Melanocorypha calandra - 20/2 Matera Crested Lark - Galerda cristata - 19/2 Gioia del Colle Skylark - Alauda arvensis - 19/2 - Giola del Colle Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea - 17/2 Martina Franca White Wagtail - Motacilla alba - 18/2 Alberobello Meadow Pipit - Anthus pratensis - 20/2 Matera (Winter) Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes - 20/2 Matera Robin - Erithacus rubecola - 17/2 Martina Franca Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros - 17/2 Locorotondo Blackbird - Turdus merula - 18/2 Martina Franca Fieldfare - Turdus pilaris - 20/2 Matera Song Thrush - Turdus philomelos - 20/2 Matera Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti - 20/2 Matera Blackcap - Sylvia atricapilla - 17/2 Martina Franca Great Tit - Parus major - 17/2 Martina Franca Blue Tit - Parus caeruleus - 17/2 Martina Franca Corn Bunting - Emberiza (Milaria) calandra - 20/2 Matera Rock Bunting - Emberiza cia - 20/2 Matera Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs - 17/2 Martina Franca Serin - Serinus serinus - 17/2 Martina Franca Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis - 17/2 Martina Franca House Sparrow - Passer domesticus - 17/2 Martina Franca Starling - Sturnus vulgaris - 17/2 Martina Franca Jay - Garrulus glandarius - 20/2 Matera Magpie - Pica pica - 17/2 Locorotondo Jackdaw - Corvus monedula - 17/2 Martina Franca |