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Birding from Casa Rosa. September 22 – 25 2006.
Professor Steve and Claire Wratten Lincoln University New Zealand.
22nd September 2006:
Seen within 500 meters of Casa Rosa.
Pied Flycatcher 13. Azure-winged Magpie 11. Spotted Flycatcher 1. Hoopoe 3.
Willow Warbler 1. Greenfinch 4. Serin 6. Great Tit 1. Red-rump Swallow 2.
Little Owl 2.
23rd September:
Reserva Natural do Sapal de Castro Marin e Vila Real de Santo Antonio.
Black-tailed Godwit 191. Avocet 45. Little-ringed Plover 10. Slender-billed Gull
1.
Dumlin 30. Common Sandpiper 2. Redshank 6. Greenshank 1. Little Stint 35.
Grey Plover 1. Knot 2. Sanderling 6. Turnstone 3. Stonechat 1. Crested Lark 10.
Ringed Plover 100. Ruff 2. Kentish Plover 1. Stone Curlew 10. Little Tern 1.
Spoonbill 9. Grey Heron 2. Sandwich Tern 2. Yellow Wagtail 1. Shag 1.
Yellow-legged Gull common.
24th September:
Quinta do Marin.
Black-tailed Godwit 140. Grey Plover 6. Kentish Plover 8. Dunlin 30+. Common
Sandpiper 2. Black-winged Stilt 8. Redshank 20.Greenshank 1.
Ringed Plover 50+. Turnstone 20. Sanderling 30. Grey Heron 2. Little Tern 2.
Mediterranean Gull 2. Flamingo 25. Gadwall 20. Purple Gallinule 1. Moorhen 4.
Coot 15.Spoonbill 2. Dabchick 1. White Stork 7. Black Kite 1. Buzzard 1. Great
Grey Shrike 1. Waxbill 1. Pied Flycatcher 8. Spotted Flycatcher 2.
Willow Warbler 8.
Santo Lucia Village:
Spoonbill 12. Cormorant 1. Mallard 6.
Santa Lucia Saltpans, mainly deepwater, but some salt pans had muddy edges,
where the smaller waders were. Best to walk if the tracks are damp – easy to get
the car stuck.
Black-tailed Godwit 90. Dunlin 20. Little stint 1. Kentish Plover 20.
Little-ringed Plover 4. Turnstone 6. Avocet 30. Corn Bunting 2.
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