Wednesday, 12th February 2025, 1:56 p.m.
Lagoa de Aldeia Nova, Vila Real de Santo António, Faro, Portugal
Sally Anderson
| 1 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 2 | Red-crested PochardNetta rufina |
| 1 | Common PochardAythya ferina |
| 6 | Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca |
| 5 | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| 2 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 2 | Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus |
| 5 | Eurasian CootFulica atra |
| 1 | Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio |
| 2 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
| 4 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| 20 | Larus sp.Larus sp. |
| 3 | Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis |
| 4 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 1 | Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops h.o. SE in pine-woods/pinheiro |
| 2 | Iberian Green WoodpeckerPicus sharpei possible pair, originally in same area N of lagoa, one flew SE then calls back and forth, then the other flew E |
| 1 | Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius |
| 8 | Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki |
| 2 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 1 | Crested TitLophophanes cristatus poss. 2; feeding in fairly distant pine tree tops |
| 5 | Great TitParus major |
| 1 | Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris prob. 2+, among the swallows flying over N entrance to trail on Caminho do Lago |
| 7 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 4 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| 3 | Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita ++ |
| 1 | Phylloscopus sp.Phylloscopus sp. |
| 1 | Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus |
| 3 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 3 | Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla + - 1 briefly seen climbing a pine; two making calls near a Great Tit making alarm calls (their "threat" not located before they quit fussing); singing various places |
| 3 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 3 | Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild |
| 8 | House SparrowPasser domesticus ++ in area of neighbourhood/houses NW |