Saturday, 14th June 2025, 7:15 a.m.
PN Ria Formosa--Salinas do Forte do Rato, Tavira, Faro, Portugal
Clive Viney
| 7 | Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna |
| 35 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 3 | Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus |
| 2 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 1 | Pallid SwiftApus pallidus |
| 24 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus Mostly noisy breeding pairs |
| 64 | Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta Mostly noisy breeding pairs |
| 15 | Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus Mostly pairs |
| 6 | Common RedshankTringa totanus Breed on the salt marsh |
| 7 | Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
| 1 | Little StintCalidris minuta Single lingering bird |
| 1 | Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
| 7 | Little TernSternula albifrons |
| 24 | Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus |
| 1 | White StorkCiconia ciconia |
| 8 | Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus |
| 3 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 6 | European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster |
| 1 | Iberian Green WoodpeckerPicus sharpei |
| 1 | Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator |
| 4 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 1 | Great TitParus major |
| 4 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| 4 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 20 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 16 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| 1 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 4 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| 1 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 1 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 1 | Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild |
| 6 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 10 | Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava Several pairs breeding on salt marsh - subspecies iberiae. I estimate that at least 20 pairs breed on the sepal (salt marsh). |
| 2 | European GreenfinchChloris chloris |
| 2 | Common LinnetLinaria cannabina |
| 1 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |
| 3 | European SerinSerinus serinus |