Site Report: Lagoa do Negro, Portugal
Rusty Dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis)
Cotton Tipworm Moth (Crocidosema plebejana)
Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Buff-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus terrestris)
Locust Blowfly (Stomorhina lunata)
Yellow-haired Sun Fly (Myathropa florea)
Bird Nest Moth (Monopis crocicapitella)
Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Azores Chaffinch (Fringilla moreletti)
Blow Fly (Stomorhina sp)
Marmalade Hover Fly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Moss-eating Crambid Snout Moth (Scoparia aequipennalis)
Armyworm Moth (Pseudaletia unipuncta)
Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)
Four-spotted Yellowneck Moth (Oegoconia novimundi)
Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Narrow-winged Gray (Eudonia angustea)
Azores Noctule (Nyctalus azoreum)
Bird Nest Moth (Monopis crocicapitella)
Fruit Fly (Tephritidae sp)
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Rusty Dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis)
Cotton Tipworm Moth (Crocidosema plebejana)
Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Buff-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus terrestris)
Locust Blowfly (Stomorhina lunata)
Yellow-haired Sun Fly (Myathropa florea)
Bird Nest Moth (Monopis crocicapitella)
Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Azores Chaffinch (Fringilla moreletti)
Blow Fly (Stomorhina sp)
Marmalade Hover Fly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Moss-eating Crambid Snout Moth (Scoparia aequipennalis)
Armyworm Moth (Pseudaletia unipuncta)
Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)
Four-spotted Yellowneck Moth (Oegoconia novimundi)
Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Narrow-winged Gray (Eudonia angustea)
Azores Noctule (Nyctalus azoreum)
Bird Nest Moth (Monopis crocicapitella)
Fruit Fly (Tephritidae sp)
Lake with a lava tube.
Visits
- 2026-08-27: We dropped by a lava cave in the center of the island. It was quite touristy, and there were a number of signs asking not to disturb the precious ecosystem. In the meantime, the government had built an 11 acre parking lot right next to the cave. They are in the process of building a huge visitor center ON the entrance to the cave. There are concrete stairways covering a large portion of the walls and floors of the lava cave. Add to that, bright unnatural light blasted into the darkness of the cave during business hours. And it cost 10 Euros to go into the cave. Anyway, we drove over to another spot with a lake where we hung out until darkness waiting for Eurasian Woodcocks that never showed.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (28 records,
20 images)
Phylum: Arthropods
(15 records,
15 images)
Class: Insects
(15 records,
15 images)
- Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants (2 records)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths (8 records)
- Family: Curved-Horn Moths
- Four-spotted Yellowneck Moth (Oegoconia novimundi)
- Family: Cutworm Moths and Allies
- Armyworm Moth (Pseudaletia unipuncta)
- Family: Fungus Moths, Clothes Moths, & Allies
- Bird Nest Moth (Monopis crocicapitella)
- Family: Tortricid Leafroller Moths
- Cotton Tipworm Moth (Crocidosema plebejana)
- Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)
- Order: Flies
(5 records)
- Family: Blow Flies
- Blow Fly (Stomorhina sp)
- Locust Blowfly (Stomorhina lunata)
- Family: Fruit Flies
- Fruit Fly (Tephritidae sp)
Phylum: Chordates
(13 records,
5 images)
Class: Birds
(12 records,
4 images)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Common Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
- Order: Perching Birds
(9 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Azores Chaffinch (Fringilla moreletti)
- Island Canary (Serinus canaria)
- Family: Kinglets
- Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
Class: Mammals
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Bats
(1 record)
- Family: Vespertilionidae
- Azores Noctule (Nyctalus azoreum)