Monday, 21st April 2025, 7 a.m.
PN Ria Formosa--Ribeira do Almargem, Tavira, Faro, Portugal
Richard Shrewsbury
| 2 | Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna |
| 6 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 25 | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| 4 | Common Woodpigeon (White-necked)Columba palumbus [palumbus Group] Individual birds flying over the entrance to the salinas, |
| 5 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 10 | Common SwiftApus apus |
| 3 | Pallid SwiftApus pallidus |
| 1 | Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus |
| 12 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus |
| 40 | Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta |
| 3 | Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola |
| 3 | Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
| 8 | Kentish Plover (Kentish)Anarhynchus alexandrinus alexandrinus/nihonensis |
| 8 | Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa |
| 1 | Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos |
| 1 | Green SandpiperTringa ochropus |
| 2 | Common RedshankTringa totanus |
| 3 | Common GreenshankTringa nebularia |
| 15 | Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
| 3 | Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea |
| 50 | SanderlingCalidris alba Small flocks totalling around 50 all over the salinas. |
| 30 | DunlinCalidris alpina |
| 20 | Little StintCalidris minuta One flock of around 20 birds. |
| 20 | Yellow-legged Gull (michahellis)Larus michahellis michahellis |
| 2 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| 5 | Little TernSternula albifrons |
| 1 | White StorkCiconia ciconia |
| 2 | Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia |
| 2 | Little Egret (Western)Egretta garzetta garzetta |
| 1 | Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus |
| 1 | Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus |
| 1 | Little OwlAthene noctua |
| 4 | European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster |
| 1 | Iberian Green WoodpeckerPicus sharpei |
| 1 | Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator |
| 4 | Common Magpie (Iberian)Pica pica melanotos |
| 2 | Crested Lark (Crested)Galerida cristata [cristata Group] |
| 12 | Zitting Cisticola (Western)Cisticola juncidis [juncidis Group] |
| 15 | Barn Swallow (White-bellied)Hirundo rustica rustica |
| 45 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| 2 | European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula |
| 8 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 6 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| 4 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 4 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 6 | Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild |
| 5 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 2 | Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava |
| 4 | European GreenfinchChloris chloris |
| 2 | Common LinnetLinaria cannabina |
| 3 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |
| 6 | European SerinSerinus serinus |