Friday, 31st January 2025, 1:04 p.m.
PN Ria Formosa--Quinta do Lago--área geral, Loulé, Faro, Portugal
Brian Carruthers
Breeze died down
So a lot warmer 15c
Meeting lots of other birders walking around, all helping each other with sightings.
| X | Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna |
| X | Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata |
| X | GadwallMareca strepera |
| X | Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope |
| X | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 13 | Northern PintailAnas acuta |
| X | Eurasian TealAnas crecca crecca |
| X | Common PochardAythya ferina |
| X | Tufted DuckAythya fuligula |
| X | Rock Dove (Wild type)Columba livia (Wild type) |
| X | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| X | Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus |
| X | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| X | Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus |
| X | Eurasian CootFulica atra |
| 7 | Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio |
| X | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus |
| X | Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus |
| X | Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola |
| X | Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
| X | Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus |
| 3 | WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus |
| 2 | Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata |
| X | Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa |
| 1 | Common SnipeGallinago gallinago |
| 2 | Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos |
| 1 | Green SandpiperTringa ochropus |
| X | Common RedshankTringa totanus |
| X | Common GreenshankTringa nebularia |
| X | Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
| X | SanderlingCalidris alba |
| X | DunlinCalidris alpina |
| X | Little StintCalidris minuta |
| X | Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei |
| X | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
| X | Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii |
| 3 | Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus |
| X | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
| X | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| 1 | Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia |
| 2 | Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis |
| 2 | Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus In flight |
| X | Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis |
| 2 | Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus |
| X | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 2 | Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus |
| 6 | Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia |
| 1 | Little BitternBotaurus minutus |
| 1 | Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea Mixed with 7 BcNh |
| 7 | Black-crowned Night Heron (Eurasian)Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax All present sighted birds |
| X | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| X | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 1 | Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus |
| 3 | Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus |
| 1 | Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus |
| 1 | Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops |
| 1 | Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis |
| 1 | Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla Spotted as I came out of my parking spot |
| 1 | Iberian Green WoodpeckerPicus sharpei Spotted as I came out of my parking spot |
| 1 | Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius |
| 2 | Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki |
| X | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 2 | Great TitParus major |
| 1 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| 5 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 2 | Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris |
| X | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| X | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| X | Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita |
| X | Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti |
| 1 | Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla |
| X | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 2 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| X | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 1 | European RobinErithacus rubecula |
| 1 | Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros |
| X | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 2 | Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus |
| 9 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 3 | White Wagtail (alba)Motacilla alba alba/dukhunensis |
| 1 | Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs |
| 4 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |
| 2 | European SerinSerinus serinus |