Sunday, 9th February 2025, 8:30 a.m.
Tavira, Tavira, Faro, Portugal
Bill Mulhearn
From Cabanas to Tavira. Big circular walk and then back.
| 2 | Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna |
| 2 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 2 | Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa |
| 4 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 1 | Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus |
| 4 | Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus |
| 80 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus Very low estimate. |
| 45 | Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta |
| 2 | Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
| 2 | Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus |
| 1 | WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus |
| 65 | Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa |
| 8 | Common RedshankTringa totanus |
| 1 | Common GreenshankTringa nebularia |
| 40 | Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
| 35 | SanderlingCalidris alba |
| 40 | DunlinCalidris alpina |
| 20 | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 8 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
| 8 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| 1 | Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia |
| 1 | Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis |
| 30 | Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus |
| 5 | White StorkCiconia ciconia |
| 10 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 3 | Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus |
| 2 | Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia |
| 6 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 4 | Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis |
| 2 | Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops |
| 1 | Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis |
| 1 | Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus |
| 2 | Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius |
| 7 | Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki |
| 30 | Common MagpiePica pica A very common bird in this area. |
| 20 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 15 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| 30 | Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita So wide spread. |
| 4 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 6 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| 3 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 1 | BluethroatLuscinia svecica |
| 6 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 3 | DunnockPrunella modularis |
| 30 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 6 | Pied Wagtail/White WagtailMotacilla alba |
| 8 | European GreenfinchChloris chloris |
| 8 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |
| 1 | European SerinSerinus serinus |
| 1 | Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra |