Friday, 21st February 2025, 9:20 a.m.
PN Ria Formosa--Salinas de Olhão, Olhão, Faro, Portugal
jacques gravel
we were accompanied by a local guide.He was an expert for the fauna and flora of R.Yformosa national Park and I did not regret it.He knew his birds…He brings with with him a high-powered scope that facilitate the view of the birds at the beach and in different niches at the swamps,werlands and saline anf fresh ponds.
| 1 | Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata |
| 2 | GadwallMareca strepera |
| 3 | Eurasian/Green-winged TealAnas crecca |
| 1 | Common PochardAythya ferina |
| X | Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa Heard |
| X | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| X | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 5 | Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus |
| 5 | Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus |
| 2 | Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola |
| 1 | Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubius |
| 2 | Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus |
| 6 | WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus |
| 2 | Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica |
| 1 | Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos |
| 3 | Common RedshankTringa totanus |
| 2 | Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus |
| 2 | Common GreenshankTringa nebularia |
| X | Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
| 1 | DunlinCalidris alpina |
| X | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 1 | Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus |
| X | Common GullLarus canus |
| X | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| 3 | Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia |
| 1 | Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis |
| 5 | Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis |
| 3 | White StorkCiconia ciconia |
| X | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 25 | Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis Building nest in a tree |
| 1 | Great White EgretArdea alba |
| 10 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea Some were already buildin nest in a tree not very far from thr cattle egret |
| 1 | OspreyPandion haliaetus |
| 1 | Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops |
| 1 | Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus |
| X | Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki |
| X | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 1 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| 5 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| X | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| X | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum Building mus nest in the windows od uilding in the NP. |
| 6 | Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita |
| 4 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 1 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 4 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| X | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 5 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |
| 1 | Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra |