Sunday, 9th February 2025, 2:06 p.m.
R da Armação do Barril area, Santa Luzia, Tavira, Faro, Portugal
Sally Anderson
birding with Bill M.; from the NE corner of Santa Luzia to Centro Saúde de Tavira, including a side excursion into a section of the Salinas de Santa Luzia
| 4 | Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna 1 (poss. 2) pair plus two lone indiv. |
| 20 | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) ++; incl. flock of ca. 20 flying |
| 1 | Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus |
| 4 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 1 | Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio h.o. this time, clucking squeaking calls, across the street hidden in the canes & brush just S of the corner of continuation of large ditch on S side of road |
| 6 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus |
| 30 | Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta ++ incl. largeish flocks in two of the salinas tanques |
| 3 | Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
| 2 | Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus |
| 1 | WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus h.o. SW |
| 6 | Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa |
| 1 | Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos in farm ditch |
| 1 | Green SandpiperTringa ochropus |
| 2 | Common RedshankTringa totanus |
| 1 | Common GreenshankTringa nebularia |
| 2 | Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
| 5 | SanderlingCalidris alba |
| 30 | DunlinCalidris alpina ++ |
| 2 | Little StintCalidris minuta |
| X | Calidris sp.Calidris sp. incl. another probable Little Stint (pics), plus distant peeps |
| 3 | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 8 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| X | Yellow-legged/Lesser Black-backed GullLarus michahellis/fuscus |
| X | gull sp.Larinae sp. |
| 1 | Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia |
| 40 | Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus + |
| 1 | White StorkCiconia ciconia |
| 2 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 3 | Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus in farm ditches near the swamphen area |
| 5 | Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia |
| 2 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 3 | Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis |
| 1 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 1 | Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis |
| 3 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 2 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| 3 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 6 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 3 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| 15 | Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita +++ many Chiffchaffs everywhere, constantly in motion, 15 is a bare minimum |
| 4 | Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti one seen after singing; other heard only singing |
| 3 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 4 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| 1 | Song ThrushTurdus philomelos |
| 7 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 1 | Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros |
| 20 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 6 | Pied Wagtail/White WagtailMotacilla alba |
| 2 | Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis |
| 7 | European GreenfinchChloris chloris |
| 10 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |
| 2 | European SerinSerinus serinus |
| 1 | passerine sp.Passeriformes sp. probably Meadow Pipit? |