Thursday, 20th February 2025, 10 a.m.
PN Ria Formosa--Salinas de Olhão, Olhão, Faro, Portugal
jacques gravel
Very productive walk
| 4 | Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna |
| X | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| 15 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus |
| 1 | Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
| 12 | Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa |
| 2 | Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos |
| 1 | Common RedshankTringa totanus |
| X | Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
| 1 | DunlinCalidris alpina |
| 1 | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
| X | Common GullLarus canus |
| 2 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
| X | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| X | Yellow-legged/Lesser Black-backed GullLarus michahellis/fuscus |
| 2 | White StorkCiconia ciconia |
| X | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo Including continental form |
| X | Great Cormorant/European ShagPhalacrocorax carbo/Gulosus aristotelis |
| 12 | Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia Including a lonely one feeding in a saline basin,moving his head left and right.The first dozen were migrating north over the basins and did not stopped |
| 1 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 3 | Great White EgretArdea alba They were in the saline basins flying on one side then moving on the other side disturbed by the joggers running aroud the site .One left for the barriers island but two stay when we were there |
| X | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 1 | Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops |
| 8 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 1 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| 6 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| X | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| X | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| X | House/Spanish SparrowPasser domesticus/hispaniolensis |