Thursday, 23rd January 2025, 2:43 p.m.
PN Ria Formosa--Ludo--Esteiros do Ancão e da Maria Nova, Loulé, Faro, Portugal
L. Scott Milne
Counted the near shore species we could identify. Many more offshore birds. Sunny 19 degrees Celsius.
| 2 | Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa |
| 10 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus |
| 2 | Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus |
| 1 | Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola |
| 4 | Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
| 1 | WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus |
| 9 | Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos |
| 6 | Common RedshankTringa totanus |
| 4 | Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
| 1 | SanderlingCalidris alba |
| 1 | Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis |
| 1 | White StorkCiconia ciconia |
| 6 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 8 | Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia |
| 1 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 3 | Great White EgretArdea alba |
| 2 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 1 | OspreyPandion haliaetus |
| 5 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 1 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| 2 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 5 | Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita |
| 1 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 1 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 2 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 3 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |