Saturday, 3rd May 2025, 10:21 a.m.

Parque Ambiental de Vilamoura, Loulé, Faro, Portugal

Haris Little

57

2

240 mins

6.4 km

6	GadwallMareca strepera
7	MallardAnas platyrhynchos
2	Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
8	Common PochardAythya ferina
7	Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca Probably undercounted. At ETAR and bird hides
12	Common QuailCoturnix coturnix Heard consistently throughout the trail
2	Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
2	Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon)
8	Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
9	European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
6	Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
10	Common SwiftApus apus
2	Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
10	Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
2	Eurasian CootFulica atra
1	Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
6	Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
5	Little TernSternula albifrons
15	Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
7	White StorkCiconia ciconia
7	Little BitternBotaurus minutus 3 young, 1 male feeding them
3	Grey HeronArdea cinerea
4	Purple HeronArdea purpurea
2	Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
2	Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
4	Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
2	European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
2	Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
2	Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
1	Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
8	Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki
3	Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
2	Great TitParus major
8	Crested LarkGalerida cristata
29	Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis Probably undercounted
8	Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus Seen at both lakes
1	Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
35	Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
22	Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
23	European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula Consistent presence, probably undercounted
13	Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti Only the ones we heard in distinct places, probably undercounted
6	Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
26	Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala Present throughout the walk in olive trees besides the trail
1	Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
2	Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
14	Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
1	Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
17	Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
16	Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos Probably undercounted, several singing birds along riverine forest, near both lakes, along trails in the olive trees and near ETAR
1	European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
15	Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
50	House SparrowPasser domesticus
2	Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
8	European GreenfinchChloris chloris
7	European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
25	European SerinSerinus serinus Very abundant in riverine forest
29	Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra Very abundant in fields