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