The fields and orchards of our inn at Manciano were gratifyingly birdy, and by the time our week there had drawn to a close, we’d recorded the following species (the superscripts, which I’ll complete at some point, are page numbers in the field guide):
Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Gray Heron Ardea cinereus
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Feral Pigeon Columba livia
Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Tawny Owl Strix aluco
European Scops Owl Otus scops
Common Swift Apus apus
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
Common Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Great Tit Parus major
European Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
Woodchat Shrike 382 Lanius senator
Common Magpie 360 Pica pica
Eurasian Jay 362 Garrulus glandarius
Western Jackdaw 364 Corvus monedula
Hooded Crow 366 Corvus cornix
Common Starling 370 Sturnus vulgaris
Eurasian Golden Oriole 370 Oriolus oriolus
Italian Sparrow 372 Passer italiae
Eurasian Tree Sparrow 372 Passer montanus
Common Chaffinch 376 Fringilla coelebs
European Goldfinch 380 Carduelis carduelis
European Serin 382 Serinus serinus
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