Saturday, 22nd February 2025, 7:25 a.m.
PN Ria Formosa--Quinta do Lago--área geral, Loulé, Faro, Portugal
Chris Chapleo
track along past Sao Lourenco tower hide then southern edge of golf course to overlook salt pans - also part way along board walk
| X | Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna |
| X | Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata |
| X | GadwallMareca strepera |
| X | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 4 | Northern PintailAnas acuta |
| 10 | Eurasian/Green-winged TealAnas crecca |
| 18 | Common PochardAythya ferina |
| 1 | Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa |
| X | Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus |
| X | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 2 | Water RailRallus aquaticus |
| X | Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus |
| X | Eurasian CootFulica atra |
| 3 | Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio |
| 2 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus |
| 8 | Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
| 3 | Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus |
| 2 | WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus |
| 3 | Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata |
| 6 | Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
| X | DunlinCalidris alpina |
| 4 | Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii |
| X | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
| 2 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| 20 | Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus |
| 12 | Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis |
| X | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 1 | Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus |
| 4 | Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia |
| 38 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 1 | Great White EgretArdea alba |
| 14 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 1 | OspreyPandion haliaetus |
| 1 | Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus |
| 3 | Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla 2 different birds calling close together and third by parking area |
| 1 | Iberian Green WoodpeckerPicus sharpei heard |
| 1 | Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus |
| 8 | Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki |
| 3 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 2 | Great TitParus major |
| 8 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| 4 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 2 | Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris |
| 20 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 2 | European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula |
| 35 | Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita |
| 2 | Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti |
| 30 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 2 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| X | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 20 | Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus |
| 8 | Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild |
| X | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 2 | Pied Wagtail/White WagtailMotacilla alba |
| 2 | Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs |
| 8 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |
| 18 | European SerinSerinus serinus |