Saturday 28 May 2011

Ria Formosa

Our last full day seen us heading off to Quinta Do Lago and The Ria Formosa National Park,which covers around 60km's of salt marshes.
So spending the entire day here we decided to head west towards Faro Airport and then late afternoon heading west towards Vale De Lobo.
We arrived at about 9.30 and left about 16.00,Birds seen in this vast area were
Common Waxbill
Crested Lark
Red-rumped Swallow
Swallow
Swift
House Martin
Azure winged Magpie
Serin
Linnet
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Sardinian Warbler
Cetti's Warbler
Blackbird
Common Kestrel
Common Buzzard
Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Fan-tailed Warbler
Collared Dove
Black-headed Weaver
Jay
Yellow Wagtail
House Sparrow
Corn Bunting
Mistle Thrush
Little Tern
Black Tern
Little Egret
Grey Heron
Purple Heron
Squacco Heron
White Stork
Little Bittern
Little Grebe
Great crested Grebe
Purple Gallinule
Moorhen
Coot
Kentish Plover
Ringed Plover
Grey Plover
Turnstone
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Curlew
Whimbrel
Dunlin
Sanderling
Black-wing Stilt
Avocet
Pochard
Red crested Pochard
Gadwall
Mallard
Herring Gull
Gannet

We was surprised at the lack of birds for this vast area,but we enjoyed our final day out and headed back for the hotel for a nice meal and a few pints of Super Bock.
Black-headed Weaver

3 in a bed Pochard,Gadwall & Terrapin 

Little Grebe

Great crested Grebe

Pochard

Black wing Stilt

Black wing Stilt

Gadwall

Little Tern

Yellow Wagtail

Sardinian Warbler

Kentish Plover

Kentish Plover

Kentish Plover

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