Wednesday, 25th June 2025, 11:30 a.m.
Ribeira do Álamo--charcas, Castro Marim, Faro, Portugal
Clive Viney
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40 mins
1 km
1GadwallMareca strepera
25MallardAnas platyrhynchos
8Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
A party of 8 swimming juveniles. At least two broods successfully bred on these small lakes.
1Common PochardAythya ferina
1Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
1Water RailRallus aquaticus
22Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
This species was well scattered over the two small lakes and successfully bred in good numbers.
14Eurasian CootFulica atra
2Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
2Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
1Little BitternBotaurus minutus
3Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
1Purple HeronArdea purpurea
1Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
1Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
1Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
1Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
4Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
2House SparrowPasser domesticus
1European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis