Saturday, 1st February 2025, noon
PN Litoral Norte--Estuário do Cávado--área geral, Esposende, Braga, Portugal
Elizabeth Ferber
Marine layer, overcast, cool temperatures, light wind. Low tide.
| 10 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 4 | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| 2 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 40 | European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria |
| 6 | Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
| 12 | Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus |
| 1 | Common GreenshankTringa nebularia |
| 20 | SanderlingCalidris alba |
| 30 | DunlinCalidris alpina |
| 10 | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 40 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
| 20 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| 4 | Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis |
| 16 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 8 | Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia Feeding along sandbar towards mouth of foz. Typical swiping action to feed. Photos. |
| 1 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 2 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 2 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 2 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 12 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 2 | Pied Wagtail/White WagtailMotacilla alba |