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.
1 | Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna |
4 | Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata |
12 | GadwallMareca strepera |
16 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
8 | Eurasian TealAnas crecca crecca |
45 | Common PochardAythya ferina |
9 | Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus |
1 | Eurasian CootFulica atra |
4 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus |
6 | Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta |
12 | Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola |
5 | Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
70 | SanderlingCalidris alba |
60 | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
5 | Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii |
25 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
45 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
1 | Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia |
2 | Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis |
7 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
1 | Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus |
2 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
5 | Common MagpiePica pica |
2 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
2 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
60 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
20 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
1 | Pied Wagtail/White WagtailMotacilla alba |
1 | Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis |
9 | Common LinnetLinaria cannabina |