Monday, 21st April 2025, 2:21 p.m.
RN Estuário do Tejo--Mouchão da Póvoa, Vila Franca de Xira, Lisboa, Portugal
Jessica Allen
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165 mins
28.8 km
8Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
14MallardAnas platyrhynchos
2Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon)
10Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
30Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
60Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
6WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
3Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
2godwit sp.Limosa sp.
Two individuals were observed but it was not possible to determine which species
20Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
There were many in the mudflats and along all of the shores of the island
2DunlinCalidris alpina
4Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
3Little TernSternula albifrons
16Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
300Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Tons of large flocks flying flying in and landing
10Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
20Little EgretEgretta garzetta
5Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
6Grey HeronArdea cinerea
5Purple HeronArdea purpurea
1OspreyPandion haliaetus
3Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
1pipit sp.Anthus sp.
Typical hovering behavior, parachuting, and call were observed