Sunday, 16th February 2025, 3:16 p.m.
Cacela Velha, Faro, Vila Real de Santo António, Faro, Portugal
Peter Milinets-Raby
A walk around the charming small white-walled village and cemetery with spectacular panoramic views of a wide sandy beach, looking surprisingly tropical in the sunshine.
| 1 | Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus Flying over |
| 4 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto In the village |
| 5 | Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus On the sandy beach viewed from the village |
| 1 | Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola On the sandy beach viewed from the village |
| 1 | WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus Heard calling |
| 2 | Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata On the sandy beach viewed from the village |
| 3 | Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa Added retrospectively from photos taken of the distance blobs on the sandy beach. |
| 1 | Common RedshankTringa totanus On the sandy beach viewed from the village |
| 18 | Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii Added retrospectively from photos taken of the Gulls resting on the sandy beach. |
| 30 | Yellow-legged Gull (michahellis)Larus michahellis michahellis 30+ On the sandy beach viewed from the village |
| 200 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus 200+ On the sandy beach viewed from the village |
| 1 | Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis Heading along the beach |
| 1 | Northern GannetMorus bassanus Heading west along the shore. |
| 2 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo Flying west |
| 1 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta Feeding On the sandy beach viewed from the village |
| 1 | Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus On a telegraph post |
| 4 | Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki In trees near the cemetery. |
| 2 | Common MagpiePica pica Two individuals |
| 1 | Great TitParus major Heard singing |
| 3 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis H, H, 1 |
| 2 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica Flying over |
| 1 | Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti Heard singing from the scrub below the village |
| 2 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala H, 1 |
| 1 | Song ThrushTurdus philomelos In gardens |
| 4 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Individuals |
| 12 | House SparrowPasser domesticus Scattered around the village |
| 1 | White Wagtail (alba)Motacilla alba alba/dukhunensis Flying over |
| 2 | Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs In the car park for the village |
| 2 | European GreenfinchChloris chloris Singing in a tree above the car park |
| 5 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis Flying over the cemetery |