Tuesday, 28th January 2025, 3:11 p.m.
PN Ria Formosa--Ludo--Esteiros do Ancão e da Maria Nova, Loulé, Faro, Portugal
LizH AidanB
Walked the ludo trail from the trailhead to the sao lourencho bird hide, then along the western edge of the golf course. Trail map/time not accurate
| 50 | Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata |
| 20 | GadwallMareca strepera |
| 50 | Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope |
| 20 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 7 | Northern PintailAnas acuta |
| 6 | Common PochardAythya ferina |
| 8 | Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus |
| 2 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 6 | Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus |
| 32 | Eurasian CootFulica atra |
| 4 | Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio |
| 4 | Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus |
| 1 | Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa |
| 1 | Common SnipeGallinago gallinago |
| 5 | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 15 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
| 4 | Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis |
| 1 | Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis |
| 2 | Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis |
| 75 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 8 | Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia |
| 7 | Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax Counted at least 7 individuals in the reeds on the edge of the pond. Have a picture to upload that shows 5 of them |
| 10 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 3 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 1 | Common BuzzardButeo buteo |
| 1 | Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops |
| 1 | Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis |
| 1 | Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus |
| 8 | Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki |
| 1 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 15 | Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita |
| 1 | Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti |
| 5 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 4 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 2 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 1 | European GreenfinchChloris chloris |