A Rocha Portugal Observatory Report 2009-2010

8 A Rocha Portugal Observatory Report 2009-2010
Record list of the Great Spotted Cuckoo within the A Rocha study area
The records listed in Table 1 below originate from the A Rocha Portugal Observatory Reports for the period
1986 to 2008 and from the A Rocha Portugal bird log for the years 2009 and 2010.
Table 1
Date Number Remarks
1986 and 1987 0
1988, 18 March 1
1989, 17 February 1 An early arrival.
1990, 09 July 1 Juvenile.
1991, 26 February 1
1992, 06 February
1992, 31 July
1993, 25 February
1993, 19 August
1994 0
1
1
1
1
Adult. Possibly a wintering bird or an early return.
Juvenile.
1995, 21 June 1 Juvenile
1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999 0
2000, 19 July 1
2001, 27 February 1
2002, 11 January
2002, 27 - 05
1
1
Flying from a tree on the western rim of the eastern
marsh.
Juvenile ringed at Cruzinha. Latest record.
Juvenile. Headland, along the road to the pinewood
of Quinta da Rocha.
Adult. Flying from pinewood of Quinta da Rocha and
landing in the valley east of it.
Adult. Wintering bird. Earliest record.
Juvenile. On the pine-bluffs of Quinta da Rocha.
2003, 01 May 1 Perched on a fence close to Cruzinha.
2004 and 2005 0
2006, 28 April
2006, 06 May
2007 and 2008 0
2009, 07 July 1
2010, 08 March
2010, 09 March
1
1
1
2
Adult. Within the almond-grove directly east of
Cruzinha and afterwards landing in the garden of the
A Rocha Portugal centre.
Calling from the pinewood of Quinta da Rocha.
Seen in the orchard near the train-station of
Mexilhoeira Grande
Heard from Cruzinha, the A Rocha Portugal centre.
Flying down from the headland into the estuary.