Tuesday, 15th April 2025, 5:35 p.m.
PN Ria Formosa--Praia de Faro, Faro, Faro, Portugal
Oliver Paisey
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169 mins
5 km
2Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
2Common SwiftApus apus
1Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
6Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
6+
50WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
50+
9Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
9+
1Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
81Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Large flock roosting on high tide, worked out from photograph and counting.
XYellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
2Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
1tern sp.Sterninae sp.
Probably Little tern but distant
2White StorkCiconia ciconia
1Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Brought close in to beach by storm
10Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
1Little EgretEgretta garzetta
1Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
3Grey HeronArdea cinerea
1Common MagpiePica pica
3Crested LarkGalerida cristata
3Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
XHouse SparrowPasser domesticus