Friday, 11th April 2025, 9:30 a.m.
Salgados lagoon, Silves, Faro, Portugal
John Quinn
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360 mins
4Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
6GadwallMareca strepera
40MallardAnas platyrhynchos
3Eurasian/Green-winged TealAnas crecca
40Common PochardAythya ferina
2Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
2Common SwiftApus apus
3Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
5Eurasian CootFulica atra
3Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
2Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
6Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
300WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Several flocks migrating
1Common RedshankTringa totanus
2DunlinCalidris alpina
4Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
4Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
35Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
12Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
30Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
50Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
1Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Very good views, very large tern large orange beak, same size as auditions gull
4Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
10Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
2Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
1Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
4Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
10Grey HeronArdea cinerea
2Purple HeronArdea purpurea
1Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Good views. I see them here most springs
3Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
20European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
1Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
3Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
Common in this area
4Common MagpiePica pica
6Crested LarkGalerida cristata
6Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
1Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
50Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
100Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
8European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula
5Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
3Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
3Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
4Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
20House SparrowPasser domesticus
10Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
2European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
4European SerinSerinus serinus