Wednesday, 12th February 2025, 10:11 a.m.
Apeadeiro de Monte Gordo, Vila Real de Santo António, Faro, Portugal
Sally Anderson
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77 mins
0.3 km
13Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
+
30Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
++ in duck roosting area W
6Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
2MallardAnas platyrhynchos
2Northern PintailAnas acuta
19Eurasian/Green-winged TealAnas crecca
incl. flock of 19 flying W (towards duck roosting area)
25Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon)
4Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
5Eurasian CootFulica atra
2Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
4Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
1Tringa sp.Tringa sp.
5Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
4Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
3Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
9Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
10Yellow-legged/Lesser Black-backed GullLarus michahellis/fuscus
+
2Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
1Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
200Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
++
1Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
1Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
2Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
3Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
1Great White EgretArdea alba
1Grey HeronArdea cinerea
1OspreyPandion haliaetus
feeding on something on the ground; later seen flying very distantly NE
8Common MagpiePica pica
2Crested LarkGalerida cristata
3Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
2Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
4Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
1Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
repeatedly singing from usual location in deep cover of rushes & bushes right in front of train platform
1Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
11Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
2Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
m, f
1European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
m
3Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
14House SparrowPasser domesticus
2Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
1European SerinSerinus serinus