Saturday, 15th February 2025, 3:45 p.m.
Lagoa de Albufeira--Lagoa Grande, Sesimbra, Setúbal, Portugal
Miguel Appleton
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40 mins
0.4 km
4MallardAnas platyrhynchos
1Greater ScaupAythya marila
Same bird previously seen by others With Fulica around this area: 38.513154, -9.168970
5Eurasian CootFulica atra
6Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
9Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
Together, with other gulls, on one of the wooden platforms in the middle of the lagoon
1Common GullLarus canus
Floating on the water next to one ridibundus
30Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Rough estimate
50Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Rough estimate
4Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Possibly more, 3 seen on the platforms with other larids, and also seen several times flying by
2Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Seen at the same time
50Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Rough estimate. A lot of birds
8Little EgretEgretta garzetta
3Grey HeronArdea cinerea
1OspreyPandion haliaetus
Flying above the lagoon
6Carrion CrowCorvus corone
2Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
6Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
1swallow sp.Hirundinidae sp.
Against the light. Short tail, so Ptyonoprogne / Delichon / Riparia
1Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
1Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Possibly more
1Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
2Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
1Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
2Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
2Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
1European RobinErithacus rubecula
1Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
1European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
20Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
2 + ~20
10House SparrowPasser domesticus
3Pied Wagtail/White WagtailMotacilla alba
1Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
1Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
1European GreenfinchChloris chloris