Saturday, 15th March 2025, 12:11 p.m.
RN Estuário do Sado--Mourisca, Setúbal, Setúbal, Portugal
Bradley Waggoner
Walk of dikes and viewing from visitor center. Tide incoming. Partly cloudy, breezy 10-15+, and temperatures in the mid to upper 50’s. A birding stop on our day of travel from Tomar to the Algarve.
| 4 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 4 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus |
| 26 | Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta |
| 6 | Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola |
| 27 | Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
| 9 | Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos |
| 35 | Common RedshankTringa totanus |
| 2 | Common GreenshankTringa nebularia Like GRYE. One noted in low waters next to stilts and the other in-flight. White “V” in back/rump in flight |
| 23 | Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres Actual tally |
| 75 | DunlinCalidris alpina |
| 8 | Little StintCalidris minuta |
| 10 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| 30 | Larus sp.Larus sp. |
| 25 | White StorkCiconia ciconia |
| 14 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 4 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 1 | Great White EgretArdea alba |
| 1 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 1 | Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus Check ID |
| 1 | Common BuzzardButeo buteo |
| 1 | Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus |
| 5 | Carrion CrowCorvus corone |
| 1 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| 6 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis Mostly noted in flight with buzzy-trill call |
| 8 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 1 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 18 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 2 | European SerinSerinus serinus |
| 5 | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |