Saturday, 3rd May 2025, 6:20 p.m.
PN Ria Formosa--Salinas de Olhão, Olhão, Faro, Portugal
Beata Milhano
26
3
85 mins
3.5 km
10Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
1Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
25Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
4 recently fledged babies ; most adults extremely vocal and territorial - saw one nest with chicks but others likely either nesting or already with fledglings
15Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
15Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
5Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
15Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
25Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Likelihood an undercount - several large groups roosting on sandbars.
1Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
XSanderlingCalidris alba
XDunlinCalidris alpina
4Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
6Little TernSternula albifrons
1Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
1White StorkCiconia ciconia
4Little EgretEgretta garzetta
1Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki
2Common MagpiePica pica
2Crested LarkGalerida cristata
1Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
XBarn SwallowHirundo rustica
XWestern House MartinDelichon urbicum
3Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
1Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
XHouse SparrowPasser domesticus
2European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis