Sunday, 30th March 2025, 9:12 a.m.
PN Ria Formosa--Quinta de Marim, Olhão, Faro, Portugal
Jessé Roy-Drainville
| 4 | Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna |
| 3 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 7 | Eurasian/Green-winged TealAnas crecca |
| 7 | Common PochardAythya ferina |
| 4 | Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa |
| 20 | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| 6 | Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus |
| 20 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 2 | Common SwiftApus apus |
| 4 | Pallid SwiftApus pallidus |
| 5 | Common/Pallid SwiftApus apus/pallidus |
| 3 | Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus |
| 6 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus |
| 45 | Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola Minimum. Already about 10 when we got there in the north ponds behind the cabin for homeless. Then small groups of 5-10 kept coming in the ponds when tide is going up around 1PM. |
| 30 | Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
| 8 | WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus |
| 2 | Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos |
| 1 | Green SandpiperTringa ochropus |
| 25 | Common RedshankTringa totanus |
| 1 | Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus |
| 2 | Common GreenshankTringa nebularia |
| 35 | Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
| 4 | SanderlingCalidris alba |
| 115 | DunlinCalidris alpina |
| 2 | Calidris sp.Calidris sp. |
| 10 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
| 35 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| 1 | Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia |
| 5 | Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis |
| 5 | White StorkCiconia ciconia |
| 8 | Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
| 25 | Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus |
| 16 | Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia |
| 15 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 65 | Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis |
| 2 | Great White EgretArdea alba |
| 29 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 1 | OspreyPandion haliaetus |
| 1 | Short-toed EagleCircaetus gallicus |
| 2 | Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops |
| 1 | Iberian Green WoodpeckerPicus sharpei |
| 1 | Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus |
| 1 | Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius |
| 30 | Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki |
| 13 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 2 | Great TitParus major |
| 4 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| 3 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 1 | Sand MartinRiparia riparia |
| 12 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 7 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| 5 | European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula |
| 1 | Phylloscopus sp.Phylloscopus sp. Nightmare to ID |
| 10 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 2 | Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla |
| 2 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| 15 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 12 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 20 | Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava Small groups of moving/migrating east before noon. Flight calls a lot like horned larks in NA. |
| 5 | European GreenfinchChloris chloris |
| 7 | Common LinnetLinaria cannabina |
| 6 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |
| 10 | European SerinSerinus serinus |