Saturday, 22nd March 2025, 10:46 a.m.
PN Ria Formosa--Quinta do Lago--área geral, Loulé, Faro, Portugal
Bradley Waggoner
Walked an extensive loop finishing at the freshwater golf course lake with raised duck blind. Weathered one nasty shower to start and some fairly brisk winds at times. Partly cloudy most of the time and winds 10-20 with temperatures in mid to upper 50’s.
| 90 | Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna |
| 12 | Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata |
| 28 | GadwallMareca strepera |
| 30 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 28 | Eurasian TealAnas crecca crecca |
| 1 | Red-crested PochardNetta rufina |
| 8 | Common PochardAythya ferina |
| 4 | Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus |
| 3 | Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus |
| 1 | Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio |
| 30 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus |
| 150 | Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta Estimate - mostly when most of roosting flock was up flying |
| 6 | Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola |
| 5 | Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
| 4 | Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus |
| 1 | Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica |
| 16 | Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa Noted 3 flying and then others roosting on “flamingo pond” |
| 2 | Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos |
| 1 | Green SandpiperTringa ochropus Flyby |
| 15 | Common RedshankTringa totanus |
| 7 | Common GreenshankTringa nebularia |
| 7 | Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
| 7 | SanderlingCalidris alba |
| 12 | DunlinCalidris alpina |
| 20 | Little StintCalidris minuta |
| 1 | Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii |
| 5 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
| 2 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| 1 | Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia |
| 1 | Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis |
| 32 | Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus |
| 8 | Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis |
| 3 | Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus |
| 6 | White StorkCiconia ciconia |
| 7 | Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia |
| 1 | Little BitternBotaurus minutus |
| 6 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 2 | Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis |
| 1 | OspreyPandion haliaetus |
| 1 | Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus |
| 1 | Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops |
| 3 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 4 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| 4 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 2 | Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris |
| 20 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 60 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| 1 | European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula |
| 2 | Common/Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita/ibericus |
| 2 | Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti |
| 2 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 9 | European SerinSerinus serinus |