Sunday, 27th April 2025, 10:59 a.m.

RN Estuário do Tejo--EVOA--Lagoa Principal, Vila Franca de Xira, Lisboa, Portugal

Stuart MacKay

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98 mins

1.1 km

2	Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
1	Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
28	MallardAnas platyrhynchos
3	Northern PintailAnas acuta Pair
1	Eurasian TealAnas crecca crecca Male
2	Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris Pair flew right in front of the hide, then swam along the edge of the reeds in front of the hide, to the left. Distance about 50m. Spectacular!
2	Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
14	Common SwiftApus apus
2	Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
11	Common/Pallid SwiftApus apus/pallidus
7	Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
2	Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
41	Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
104	Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
1	WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
1	Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
2	Common RedshankTringa totanus
110	RuffCalidris pugnax Exact count. 6-8 males, rest were females.
34	Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
1	Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida Ad. Circled the lagoa, then flew west.
5	Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
2	Little EgretEgretta garzetta
2	Grey HeronArdea cinerea
2	Purple HeronArdea purpurea
1	Short-toed EagleCircaetus gallicus
1	Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
1	Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
2	Black KiteMilvus migrans
1	Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
4	Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
17	Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
11	Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
2	Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
3	Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
3	Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
2	Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
1	Dartford WarblerCurruca undata Call/alarm call from the bushes abot 50m before the first hide.
5	Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
3	European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
4	House SparrowPasser domesticus
6	Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
1	European GreenfinchChloris chloris
21	European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
4	Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra