Saturday, 22nd March 2025, 3:26 p.m.
Lagoa dos Salgados, Silves, Faro, Portugal
Bradley Waggoner
Walk of boardwalk first - a bit busy with people. Then birded one area of estuary before yet another rain shower completed the effort here. Ah, so it had gone on this March trip to Portugal. We have been told numerous times that this is unprecedented in March rainfall. Near constant strong winds are also rather difficult.
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1Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
4Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
12GadwallMareca strepera
16MallardAnas platyrhynchos
8Eurasian TealAnas crecca crecca
45Common PochardAythya ferina
9Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
1Eurasian CootFulica atra
4Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
6Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
12Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
5Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
70SanderlingCalidris alba
60Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
5Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
25Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
45Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
1Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
2Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
7Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
1Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
2Grey HeronArdea cinerea
5Common MagpiePica pica
2Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
2Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
60Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
20House SparrowPasser domesticus
1Pied Wagtail/White WagtailMotacilla alba
1Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
9Common LinnetLinaria cannabina