Mick Sway
Well-known member
Quinta do Lago
Quinta do Lago is part of the Rio Formosa (réserve naturelle) Nature Reserve.
Apart from the Algarve's continued obsession with major golf complexes, which cover the whole area, this is still one of the best places to view and photograph [early morning is best] waders.
Unless its changed this year, parking is free out of season and well patrolled by securirty teams.
The Estuary here holds large roosts of wintering gulls, godwits,grey plover and shanks.
The golf course lagoon [ despite its obvious polution from golf course nitrates] can house little bittern, spoonbill, glossy ibis, herons, ducks grebes and of course gallinule.
It is also one of the best places for the introduced black headed weaver bird,
though I have seen this ID queried in the past.
Raptors including booted eagle , vultures , harriers and falcons can also turn up at any time here.
Quinta do Lago is part of the Rio Formosa (réserve naturelle) Nature Reserve.
Apart from the Algarve's continued obsession with major golf complexes, which cover the whole area, this is still one of the best places to view and photograph [early morning is best] waders.
Unless its changed this year, parking is free out of season and well patrolled by securirty teams.
The Estuary here holds large roosts of wintering gulls, godwits,grey plover and shanks.
The golf course lagoon [ despite its obvious polution from golf course nitrates] can house little bittern, spoonbill, glossy ibis, herons, ducks grebes and of course gallinule.
It is also one of the best places for the introduced black headed weaver bird,
though I have seen this ID queried in the past.
Raptors including booted eagle , vultures , harriers and falcons can also turn up at any time here.
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z Ibis Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) 2 Quinta do Lago Algarve 101013lq.jpg -
z Bittern Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) quinta do Lago Algarve 181013lq.jpg -
z Black-headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus) fem 2 Quinta do Lago Algarve 181013LQ.jpg -
Z Black-headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus) fem ALQ Quinta do Lago Algarve 181013lq.jpg -
Warbler z Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis Quinta do Lago Algarve 181013lq.jpg
