Sunday, 9th February 2025, 12:38 p.m.
Santa Luzia cais/waterfront, Tavira, Faro, Portugal
Sally Anderson
birding with Bill M.; birds seen along the Santa Luzia cais/waterfront before and after lunch
3
Incidental
6Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon)
2Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
1Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
5Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
1SanderlingCalidris alba
2Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
3Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
including a 2nd year with band/ring on left leg: black letters on yellow band "JKV" - confirmed by bander from the Berlenga Island CR banding project, banded 8th March 2024 on Berlenga Island as a pullus, see https://cr-birding.org/node/2913?fbclid=IwY2xjawIXP9lleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHQ_wc1lUjbewsdoI5DaiPdW8WXWRb02Pf-wO22k01NU6PExnCuF2TqOX_A_aem_q5zkSJ5lXAcDFAef866zog
30Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
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20Yellow-legged/Lesser Black-backed GullLarus michahellis/fuscus
5gull sp.Larinae sp.
2Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
4Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
2Little EgretEgretta garzetta
1Grey HeronArdea cinerea
4Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
13House SparrowPasser domesticus