Wednesday, 16th April 2025, 4:40 p.m.
PN Ria Formosa--Salinas de Olhão, Olhão, Faro, Portugal
James Turner
| 6 | Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna |
| 3 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| X | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| X | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| X | Common SwiftApus apus |
| 6 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus |
| 4 | Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta |
| 15 | Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola |
| 10 | Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
| 4 | Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus |
| 60 | WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus Single flock estimate came in from islands over high tide |
| 1 | Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos Heard |
| 4 | Common RedshankTringa totanus |
| 1 | Common GreenshankTringa nebularia |
| 2 | Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
| 140 | SanderlingCalidris alba 40 feeding, minimum 100 roosting distantly |
| 200 | DunlinCalidris alpina |
| 1 | Little StintCalidris minuta |
| 1 | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 96 | Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii Birds seen over the sea heading west against moderate breeze over 40 minute period. Small parties and singles, but groups of 9 and 12 also |
| 60 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis Estimate heading west high in small groups inland |
| 6 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| 2 | Little TernSternula albifrons |
| 2 | White StorkCiconia ciconia |
| 3 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 2 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 1 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 1 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| 2 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 120 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica Feeding on last pool |
| 40 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| 1 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 2 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| 3 | Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild |
| X | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 4 | Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava |
| 1 | Common LinnetLinaria cannabina |