Tuesday, 25th March 2025, 8:15 a.m.
PN Ria Formosa--Salinas de Tavira (Quatro Águas), Tavira, Faro, Portugal
Rhian Gastineau
| 4 | Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna |
| 18 | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| 2 | Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus |
| 30 | Common SwiftApus apus |
| 20 | Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta In a tidal pool or a salt pan pool three different sets clearly visible. |
| 8 | Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
| X | Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica |
| 1 | Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa |
| 10 | Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos Saw three sets at different places in the tide of the river. Two groups were in side by side pools and one set was a few meters in front of them but on the other side of the road. |
| 4 | Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres Didn’t see a breeding adult they all looked non-breeding. |
| 10 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
| 9 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| 2 | White StorkCiconia ciconia One flying over salt pans and one in a nest on a chimney stack. |
| 8 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo It caught a fish in the tidal river |
| 1 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 1 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 40 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum Multiple groups of 10-15 eating grubs from outgoing tide |
| 1 | European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula |
| 3 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 20 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |