Thursday, 1st May 2025, 11:58 a.m.
RN Estuário do Tejo--EVOA--Lagoa Rasa, Vila Franca de Xira, Lisboa, Portugal
Mike Turnbull
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189 mins
5.2 km
5GadwallMareca strepera
24MallardAnas platyrhynchos
1Northern PintailAnas acuta
Male, with Mallard.
9Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
Seen through scope. Continued presence. 7 at one pool + 2 at another pool.
1Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
1Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
30Common SwiftApus apus
2Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
2Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
9Eurasian CootFulica atra
2Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
XBlack-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
XPied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
1Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
2Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
Summer plumage, scoped, with Redshanks, Ruff, Avocets and Stilts and Mallard
6Common RedshankTringa totanus
2RuffCalidris pugnax
Females, dark legs, shorter thicker based bills than Redshanks, which they were clearly smaller than, unstreaked below, scalloped above.
45Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
2Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
1Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
6Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
1Little BitternBotaurus minutus
2Little EgretEgretta garzetta
1Grey HeronArdea cinerea
5Purple HeronArdea purpurea
1Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
1Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
2Black KiteMilvus migrans
1Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
2Carrion CrowCorvus corone
2Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
1Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
11Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
6Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
4Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
5Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
7Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
4Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
4Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
2European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
6Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
5Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
2Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
6European SerinSerinus serinus
2Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra