Sunday, 23rd February 2025, 9:52 a.m.
PN Ria Formosa--Salinas de Tavira (Quatro Águas), Tavira, Faro, Portugal
Jarmo Jalava
| 4 | Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna |
| 40 | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| 4 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 90 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus careful estimate |
| 12 | Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta |
| 24 | Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola |
| 6 | Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
| 3 | Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus |
| 5 | small plover sp.Charadrius/Thinornis/Anarhynchus sp. sp. |
| 83 | Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa |
| 25 | Common RedshankTringa totanus |
| 1 | Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus |
| 1 | Common GreenshankTringa nebularia |
| 7 | Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
| 10 | SanderlingCalidris alba |
| 475 | DunlinCalidris alpina |
| 2 | Little StintCalidris minuta |
| 1 | Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei |
| 20 | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 1 | Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii fw |
| 1 | Caspian GullLarus cachinnans See photos. Long bill seemingly entirely lacking a gonys angle and with apparent attenuated tip, as well as head shape with minimal streaking, and wing pattern, all suggest Caspian Gull (vs. LBBG or YLGU) to me. I have no past experience with southern European gulls so am possibly missing something here. |
| 2 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
| 1 | European Herring/Yellow-legged GullLarus argentatus/michahellis See photos. Not 100% sure (as I'm visiting from Canada), but bold primary windows and white tail base, bill colour, as well as GISS, seems to suggest European Herring Gull. |
| 175 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| 1 | tern sp.Sterninae sp. |
| 1 | Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus |
| 1 | White StorkCiconia ciconia |
| 57 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 2 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 2 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 1 | Osprey (Eurasian)Pandion haliaetus haliaetus |
| 14 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 5 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| 3 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 11 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 65 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| 4 | Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita |
| 2 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 2 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 12 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 1 | pipit sp.Anthus sp. sp. |
| 2 | Common LinnetLinaria cannabina |