Saturday, 29th March 2025, 5:05 p.m.
Lagoa dos Salgados, Silves, Faro, Portugal
Kathy Starke
| 1 | GarganeySpatula querquedula Male. |
| 8 | Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata |
| 12 | GadwallMareca strepera |
| 10 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 6 | Eurasian/Green-winged TealAnas crecca |
| 19 | Common PochardAythya ferina |
| 1 | Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa |
| 8 | Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus |
| 7 | Eurasian CootFulica atra |
| 3 | Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio |
| 15 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus |
| 2 | Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta |
| 3 | Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola |
| 9 | Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
| 1 | WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus |
| 1 | Common SnipeGallinago gallinago |
| 23 | SanderlingCalidris alba |
| 2 | DunlinCalidris alpina |
| 40 | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 8 | Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii |
| 2 | Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus |
| 50 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
| 250 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus From the 400+ gulls seen, the great majority were Lesser Black-back. |
| 1 | Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica Pictures. Calling typical flight calls later on. |
| 6 | Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis |
| 5 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 1 | Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia |
| 2 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 2 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 7 | Purple HeronArdea purpurea Count together, in flight. Some came from different directions and all gathered circling above the lagoon. Before resting and 6 circling again. |
| 2 | Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus |
| 1 | Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops |
| 7 | Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki |
| 2 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 2 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| 3 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 1 | Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus |
| 3 | Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti |
| 1 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 6 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| 3 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 1 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 3 | Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild |
| 5 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 1 | Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis |
| 4 | Common LinnetLinaria cannabina |
| 1 | European SerinSerinus serinus |
| 2 | Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra |