terça-feira, 18 fevereiro 2025, 06:49
PN Ria Formosa--Praia dos Cavacos, Olhão, Faro, Portugal
Peter Milinets-Raby
A dawn visit beneath threatening bkack skies ahead of a storm, which thankfully held off until after I had finished my visit. High tide and the bad weather made the preferred lagoon chocker with birds. Again, I kept to the track that follows the rail track reaching the wooden walkway/bridge across the tidal river that was full as it was high tide.
| 19 | TadornaTadorna tadorna 2, 3, 4, 8, 2, scattered in various salt pans around the site |
| 24 | Pato-colhereiroSpatula clypeata 22 on the main lagoon and a pair on another salt pan |
| 2 | FrisadaMareca strepera Pair on the main lagoon preferred by the majority of birds west of the farm house |
| 8 | Pato-realAnas platyrhynchos 3 Males, a pair, male, female, male seen around the site |
| 9 | Rola-de-colarStreptopelia decaocto On the rooftops in the adjacent complex |
| 4 | Galinha-d'águaGallinula chloropus Heard calling from a small ditch. Then two seen in the marsh north of the train track and one in the small pond favoured by the noisy frogs by the rail crossing. |
| 10 | PernilongoHimantopus himantopus 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 2, on various salt pans |
| 43 | AlfaiateRecurvirostra avosetta Together on the main lagoon west of the farm house |
| 18 | Tarambola-cinzentaPluvialis squatarola 2 resting on one bank and 16 roostin out high tide along the bank of the preferred lagoon |
| 12 | Borrelho-grande-de-coleiraCharadrius hiaticula Roosting groups of 6, 6 on salt pan banks |
| 6 | Borrelho-de-coleira-interrompidaAnarhynchus alexandrinus Roosting groups of 4, 2 on salt pan banks. |
| 2 | MilherangoLimosa limosa 2 resting on the bank of the preferred lagoon |
| 2 | Maçarico-das-rochasActitis hypoleucos 1, 1 individuals. One showing well in the tidal creek. |
| 14 | Perna-vermelhaTringa totanus 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1 scattered around the site at various salt pans |
| 2 | Perna-verde-comumTringa nebularia H, H Two birds heard calling. One at the rear of the preferred lagoon and one from the muddy marsh west of the tidal creek. |
| 9 | Rola-do-marArenaria interpres 4, 5 roosting on salt pan bank |
| 2 | Pilrito-das-praiasCalidris alba Running around a salt pan bank. |
| 11 | Pilrito-de-peito-pretoCalidris alpina 7, 4 roosting on the banks of the preferred lagoon |
| 75 | Guincho-comumChroicocephalus ridibundus 15, 2, 22, 36, feeding on various salt pans |
| 45 | Gaivota-de-patas-amarelasLarus michahellis Grouos of 4, 2, 1, 8, 3, drifting over heading south and 27 on the muddy marsh west of the tidal creek. |
| 11 | Gaivota-d'asa-escuraLarus fuscus Groups of 2, 1, 1, 7, flying over |
| 2 | Garajau-grandeHydroprogne caspia 2 over heading east |
| 76 | Flamingo-comumPhoenicopterus roseus On the preferred lagoon by the farm house |
| 1 | Mergulhão-pequenoTachybaptus ruficollis Heard calling just before sunrise from ponds adjacent to the rail crossing |
| 4 | Cegonha-brancaCiconia ciconia 1, 1, individuals flying over. And the pair on the nest by the wooden walkway by the tidal creek. |
| 24 | Corvo-marinho-comumPhalacrocorax carbo 5 over at dawn heading east, and 19 perched around the site |
| 55 | ColhereiroPlatalea leucorodia Groups of 6, 3, and 2 flying over. And 27 on the preferred lagoon and 17 resting on the muddy marsh west of the tidal creek. |
| 25 | Garça-branca-pequenaEgretta garzetta Groups of 7, 1, and 4 leaving the site at dawn heading east. And 4 on the main lagoon and 8 on the muddy marsh west of the tidal creek and one in the marsh north of the train track. |
| 9 | CarraceiroArdea ibis Groups of 4, 3, 2 leaving at dawn heading north east. |
| 8 | Garça-branca-grandeArdea alba 1 over east at dawn, 5 on the main lagoon and two in the marsh north of the rail track. |
| 12 | Garça-realArdea cinerea H, 1, and 10 on the main lagoon |
| 3 | Águia-pesqueiraPandion haliaetus 3 together interacting and seemingly chasing one another. Two departed westward, and one headed off north. Probably the same bird then returned from the north 20 minutes later. |
| 1 | CharnecoCyanopica cooki Flying west |
| 8 | PegaPica pica H, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2 around the site |
| 1 | Chapim-realParus major Heard singing from the scrub by the road to the salt pans |
| 6 | Cotovia-de-poupaGalerida cristata H, H, 2, 1, 1 seen around the site singing |
| 7 | Fuinha-dos-juncosCisticola juncidis H, H, 1, H, 1, 1, 1, 1 singing individuals around the site |
| 27 | Andorinha-das-chaminésHirundo rustica 6, 2, 1 4, 2, 3, 8, 1, moving through ahead of dark threatening clouds. |
| 49 | Andorinha-dos-beirais-ocidentalDelichon urbicum 5, 30+ hawking over the lagoons ahead of stormy weather. 14 over buildings adjacent to the salt pans |
| 3 | Andorinha-dáurica-ocidentalCecropis rufula 2, 1 milling about over the salt pans |
| 5 | Felosinha-comumPhylloscopus collybita 1, H, 1, 1, 1, Very few around this morning |
| 2 | Rouxinol-bravoCettia cetti H, H individuals heard singing |
| 2 | Toutinegra-de-barreteSylvia atricapilla H, H calling from gardens in the complex north of the salt pans |
| 5 | Toutinegra-dos-valadosCurruca melanocephala H, H, 1, 1, H individuals singing |
| 5 | Estorninho-pretoSturnus unicolor On rooftops of the properties adjacent to the salt pans |
| 12 | MelroTurdus merula H, H, 2H, H, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1 scattered around the site |
| 1 | Pisco-de-peito-ruivoErithacus rubecula Heard singing at dawn from the scrub by the rail crossing |
| 4 | CartaxoSaxicola rubicola H, male, female, male (this bird showing very well indeed) |
| 17 | Pardal-do-telhadoPasser domesticus Around the properties |
| 2 | Pardal-espanholPasser hispaniolensis Pair on the muddy riverlet by the wooden walkway/bridge. |
| 6 | Alvéola-branca-comumMotacilla alba alba/dukhunensis H, H, 1, 1, H, 1 scattered birds around the site |
| 7 | Petinha-dos-pradosAnthus pratensis 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, scattered around the site |
| 11 | Pintarroxo-de-bico-escuroLinaria cannabina H, 4, 2, H, H, 2, flying over calling. |
| 3 | PintassilgoCarduelis carduelis Along the track |
| 5 | Milheirinha-europeiaSerinus serinus H, 1, 1, H, 1 individuals singing |
| 1 | TrigueirãoEmberiza calandra Singing bird on the overhead electric cable along the rail track west of the wooden walkway |