Sunday, 16th February 2025, 5:14 p.m.
N part of Estrada das 4 Águas, Tavira, Faro, Portugal
Sally Anderson
| 25 | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| 3 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 27 | Common/Pallid SwiftApus apus/pallidus ++ at Dom Manuel Bridge 18h10; flying above and around bridge, then more and more of them flying into the holes under bridge as it got darker in mid twilight |
| 6 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus |
| 4 | Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta |
| 2 | Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
| 1 | WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus |
| 2 | Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata |
| 23 | Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa |
| 8 | Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos |
| 1 | Common RedshankTringa totanus |
| 1 | Common GreenshankTringa nebularia |
| 3 | Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
| 1 | SanderlingCalidris alba |
| 3 | DunlinCalidris alpina |
| 3 | Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei |
| 17 | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 21 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| 30 | Larus sp.Larus sp. |
| 1 | Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis |
| 42 | Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus |
| 1 | White StorkCiconia ciconia |
| 5 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 14 | Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus flocks of 4 and 10 flying downriver 18h15 and 18h26 |
| 2 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 2 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 6 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 2 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| 4 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 1 | Sand MartinRiparia riparia 1+ .. group of 4 swallows flying upriver; dull light below, dark above, chin strap well seen on 1 indiv., others indefinite... calls heard from group were Bank Swallow types |
| 1 | Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris 1 indiv. flying around with the House-Martins and a Barn Swallow near hotel and chimney |
| 6 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 10 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| 8 | Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita |
| 6 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 4 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| 1 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 1 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 8 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 1 | Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava a bit early, I guess |
| 2 | Pied Wagtail/White WagtailMotacilla alba |
| 1 | European GreenfinchChloris chloris |
| 2 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |
| 4 | European SerinSerinus serinus |