Thursday, 9th January 2025, 4:07 p.m.

Apeadeiro de Monte Gordo, Vila Real de Santo António, Faro, Portugal

Sally Anderson

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29 mins

15	Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
2	Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
40	Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon)
9	Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
2	Eurasian CootFulica atra
17	Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
6	Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
1	WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
5	Common RedshankTringa totanus
5	Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
3	Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
2	Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
200	Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus 200++ incl. a large group and 2 smaller groups dancing
1	Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis 1 or 2 in and out of the reeds/rushes at far bank of nearest waterway - sharing that waterway with a few coots and shovelers
13	Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis 13 (poss. 14) in the 2nd waterway from platform (middle distance) - sharing that waterway with most of the flamingoes; poss. 5 or 6 more in the far waterway from that - sharing that one with sheldduck and some flamingoes
2	Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
2	Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
2	Common MagpiePica pica
2	Crested LarkGalerida cristata
3	Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
6	Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
5	Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
1	Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
2	Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
5	Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
1	Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
2	Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
1	European RobinErithacus rubecula
2	Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
12	House SparrowPasser domesticus
1	Pied Wagtail/White WagtailMotacilla alba