Wednesday, 14th May 2025, 4:20 p.m.
Lagoa dos Salgados, Silves, Faro, Portugal
Sally Anderson
| 2 | Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata |
| 7 | GadwallMareca strepera |
| 35 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos incl. f w 3dlg and other f w 8 |
| 6 | Common PochardAythya ferina |
| 4 | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| 2 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 2 | Water RailRallus aquaticus calls between 2 indiv. |
| 5 | Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus |
| 4 | Eurasian CootFulica atra |
| 2 | Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii |
| 7 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
| 7 | gull sp.Larinae sp. |
| 3 | Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis |
| 1 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 5 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 3 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| 5 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 3 | Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus incl. singing and pair seen flying from one spot to other |
| 4 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 7 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| 5 | European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula all at one time near parking lot bridge |
| 6 | Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti |
| 2 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 3 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 2 | Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus pair singing and then seen flying, both adult breeding males -- note that Merlin picks their songs up as "Rouxinol-pequeno-dos-canicos"/Common Reed Warbler, but these songs were much longer and more complex, though similar in sound |
| 27 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 3 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |