Thursday, 19th June 2025, 11:15 a.m.
PN Ria Formosa--Salinas de Santa Luzia, Tavira, Faro, Portugal
Clive Viney
| 1 | Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna |
| 7 | Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus |
| 3 | Common/Pallid SwiftApus apus/pallidus |
| 2 | Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus |
| 35 | Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus |
| 194 | Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta Parties of non-breeding birds scattered on the large impoundments and easily counted. |
| 1 | Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
| 2 | Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus |
| 25 | Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa |
| 1 | Green SandpiperTringa ochropus This species is occasionally recorded through the summer in the eastern Algarve. Presumably a lingering bird. |
| 2 | Common RedshankTringa totanus |
| 2 | SanderlingCalidris alba |
| 21 | DunlinCalidris alpina Small party mostly in non-breeding plumage feeding on a large impoundment and easily counted. |
| 5 | Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii |
| 2 | Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus |
| 2 | Little TernSternula albifrons |
| 179 | Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus |
| 1 | Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia |
| 1 | Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
| 3 | Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis |
| 1 | Common MagpiePica pica |
| 1 | Crested LarkGalerida cristata |
| 2 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 20 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 15 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| 1 | Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild |
| 60 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
| 4 | Common LinnetLinaria cannabina |