Wednesday, 4th June 2025, 11:05 a.m.
Ribeira do Álamo--charcas, Castro Marim, Faro, Portugal
Clive Viney
Viewed the ponds from the road
27
2
45 mins
1 km
8MallardAnas platyrhynchos
17Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
female with 8 ducklings and another female with 7 ducklings
1Common PochardAythya ferina
1Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
1Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
10Eurasian CootFulica atra
2Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
3Little BitternBotaurus minutus
2 in flight and another 'booming' in reeds
4Purple HeronArdea purpurea
1Common BuzzardButeo buteo
1European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
1Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
1Iberian Green WoodpeckerPicus sharpei
1Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki
1Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
1Crested LarkGalerida cristata
1Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
1Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
1Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
2Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
1Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
1Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
1Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
1House SparrowPasser domesticus
1European GreenfinchChloris chloris
1European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
1European SerinSerinus serinus