Monday, 28th April 2025, 8:55 a.m.
PN Ria Formosa--Quinta do Lago--área geral, Loulé, Faro, Portugal
António Cotão
Windy morning.
| 18 | Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna |
| 12 | GadwallMareca strepera 6 chicks. |
| 8 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 10 | Red-crested PochardNetta rufina 8 chicks. |
| 40 | Common PochardAythya ferina Quick counting. More in the back of the lagoon. |
| 4 | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| 8 | Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus |
| 1 | European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur |
| 2 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 8 | Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus 2 chicks. |
| 4 | Eurasian CootFulica atra |
| 7 | Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio 4 chicks. |
| 1 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus |
| 1 | WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus |
| 1 | Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa |
| 1 | Common RedshankTringa totanus |
| 4 | Common GreenshankTringa nebularia |
| 14 | SanderlingCalidris alba |
| 3 | DunlinCalidris alpina |
| 30 | Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii |
| 15 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
| 2 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| 2 | Little TernSternula albifrons |
| 4 | Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis |
| 10 | White StorkCiconia ciconia |
| 1 | Little BitternBotaurus minutus |
| 1 | Grey HeronArdea cinerea |
| 2 | Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus |
| 3 | Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops |
| 2 | Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla |
| 4 | Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki |
| 1 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 1 | Great TitParus major |
| 2 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 1 | Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus |
| 8 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 6 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| 4 | European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula |
| 3 | Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti |
| 1 | Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla |
| 5 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 1 | Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla |
| 10 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| 2 | Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus |
| 5 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 1 | Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos |
| 40 | Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus Conservative estimate. |
| 8 | Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild |
| 20 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 1 | Pied Wagtail/White WagtailMotacilla alba |
| 2 | European GreenfinchChloris chloris |
| 1 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |
| 4 | European SerinSerinus serinus |