Saturday, 15th February 2025, 2:07 p.m.
Morraceira (E. of Gala), Figueira da Foz, Coimbra, Portugal
David Holyoak
3.6 miles (& return) travelled in LandRover; coords give approx. mid-point
| 37 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 1 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto in tree at edge of salt-pans |
| 51 | Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola ca 50 of them in flocks flying over salt-pans at high-tide on estuary |
| 5 | WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus group, roosting on vegetated spit in estuary at high-tide |
| 2 | Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos |
| 49 | Common RedshankTringa totanus |
| 58 | Common GreenshankTringa nebularia including compact flock of 54 in undisturbed area near main road bridge lagoon with islets (close to roosting Spoonbills) |
| 1 | RuffCalidris pugnax |
| 142 | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 1 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis adult |
| 34 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus mostly adults, all of those seen well were L. f. graellsii |
| 133 | Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus |
| 17 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 26 | Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus |
| 242 | Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia at usual day-time roost near main road bridge on islets; quick count probably slight under-estimate as birds densely packed together |
| 41 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 17 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 1 | OspreyPandion haliaetus |
| 2 | Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus 1 adult male; 1 dark bird |
| 1 | Common BuzzardButeo buteo |
| 1 | Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis |
| 5 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 1 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 1 | Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita |
| 3 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 2 | House SparrowPasser domesticus heard only |
| 9 | White Wagtail (alba)Motacilla alba alba/dukhunensis |
| 2 | European GreenfinchChloris chloris |
| 3 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |