Saturday, 1st February 2025, 1:30 p.m.
Morraceira (E. of Gala), Figueira da Foz, Coimbra, Portugal
David Holyoak
mainly travelling in LandRover
| 3 | Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna 1 male & 2 females together |
| 15 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 2 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 69 | Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola |
| 169 | Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
| 3 | WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus resting together on small islet in estuary at high-tide |
| 1 | Common SnipeGallinago gallinago |
| 8 | Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos |
| 1 | Green SandpiperTringa ochropus |
| 157 | Common RedshankTringa totanus |
| 3 | Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
| 28 | SanderlingCalidris alba |
| 218 | DunlinCalidris alpina |
| 15 | Little StintCalidris minuta |
| 35 | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 3 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis 2 adults & 1 subadult |
| 64 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus mainly on estuary; adults checked were all of L. f. graellsii |
| 196 | Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus |
| 30 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 30 | Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus |
| 300 | Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia all in dense day-time roost on small islets in flooded salt-pan near rosad bridge (as usual here); difficult to count because birds densely packed together |
| 32 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 2 | Great White EgretArdea alba |
| 5 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 2 | OspreyPandion haliaetus included ringed bird (photos), see notes |
| 2 | Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus 1 adult male & 1 female/immature |
| 1 | Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus |
| 1 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 2 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 10 | Common/Spotless StarlingSturnus vulgaris/unicolor |
| 1 | European RobinErithacus rubecula |
| 2 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 8 | White Wagtail (alba)Motacilla alba alba/dukhunensis |
| 2 | Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis |
| 1 | Water PipitAnthus spinoletta |
| 3 | European GreenfinchChloris chloris |
| 8 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |