Monday, 14th April 2025, 3 p.m.
PN Ria Formosa--Salinas do Forte do Rato, Tavira, Faro, Portugal
Larry Schmahl
Scattered showers
| 10 | Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna |
| 1 | GadwallMareca strepera |
| 3 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 3 | Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus |
| 2 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 5 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus |
| 16 | Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta |
| 1 | Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola |
| 68 | Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
| 4 | Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus |
| 1 | Whimbrel (European)Numenius phaeopus phaeopus |
| 1 | Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos |
| 1 | Common RedshankTringa totanus |
| 1 | Common GreenshankTringa nebularia |
| 20 | Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
| 20 | Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea |
| 6 | SanderlingCalidris alba |
| 60 | DunlinCalidris alpina Approximate count |
| 3 | Little StintCalidris minuta |
| 25 | Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii |
| 1 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
| 2 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| 25 | Little TernSternula albifrons Apparently, they have just arrived and were feeding together in a loos flock with Sandwich Terns. Very small tern giving their distinctive call note in flight. |
| 1 | Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia |
| 1 | Common TernSterna hirundo |
| 35 | Sandwich Tern (Eurasian)Thalasseus sandvicensis sandvicensis |
| 3 | Northern GannetMorus bassanus |
| 4 | Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia |
| 1 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 1 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 2 | Black KiteMilvus migrans |
| 1 | Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops |
| 3 | European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster |
| 2 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 4 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| 1 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| X | Barn Swallow (White-bellied)Hirundo rustica rustica |
| X | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| 2 | European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula |
| 3 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 1 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 1 | Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava |
| 1 | European SerinSerinus serinus |