The day started near Azinhal, with the intention to explore areas southwards to end up at Castro Marim.
Today is overcast, low cloud
We made hard work today, sort of got lost a bit, and birds were hard to get close to, we ended up on a track through wood and scrub that did not lead to reed bed which we were looking for, however this gave us a lot of new birds for our Portugal trip list. We saw
Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Hawfinch, 2
Turtle Dove
Swallow
Cetti's Warbler, (h)
Crested Lark
Sardinian Warbler
Corn Bunting
Whinchat
Iberian Grey Shrike
Cormorant, 3
Blackbird
Hard work, no photos and still overcast, cloudy.
We worked our way down to Castro Marim, a big reserve with 3 entrances to separate short walks, we only went into one entrance, everything very distant, we saw
Spoonbill
Iberian Grey Shrike
Cattle Egret
Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Sandpiper
Fantail Warbler
Little Egret
Grey Heron
Black-winged Stilt
Marsh Harrier
Hoopoe
Sanderling
Dunlin
Caspian Tern, 1
Sandwich Tern
Goldfinch
Blue Tit
Whimbrel
Turnstone
Kingfisher
Noon, still grey sky, we decided to return to Quinto de Lago, where we new we would be closer to birds in order to take some photos
45 minutes later, Quinto de Lago, blue sky, 26* C +
Azure-winged Magpie, lots
Purple Swamphen
Little Tern
**Little Bittern ** the star of the day !
Cetti's Warbler, (seen)
Then Little Bittern (thanks M.S.)
on the saltpans
Sardinian Warbler
Crested Lark
Greater Flamingo
White Stork
Glossy Ibis, 1 flew over
Black-winged Stilt
Fan-tailed Warbler
Yellow-legged Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Red-rumped Swallow
back at the reed bed
Gadwell
Mallard
Moorhen
on the golf course
Black-headed Weaver, 2
Common Sandpiper, 1
Hoopoes, lots
Pied Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
House Sparrow
Black-headed Weaver
19.30 hours, sunset finish, another cracking day !
Day 2. 34 species seen, 6 new species for me to add to my European list.
Day 3. 28 species seen, 8 new species for me to add to my European list.
Day 4. 9 species seen, 7 new species for me to add to my European list.
Day 5. 11 species seen, 2 new species for me to add to my European list.
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