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A Boot In The Algarve – Trip Report 03 Oct To 09 Oct 2009
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<blockquote data-quote="SUN BIRD" data-source="post: 1614852" data-attributes="member: 70750"><p><strong>Algarve Trip Report 2009</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>SITE REPORTS (cont):</strong></p><p><strong>Perra Marsh : Sun 4th , Wed 7th , Thurs 8th October, Fri 9th Oct</strong></p><p><strong>Birds seen:</strong></p><p>On Sunday 4th I spotted a single lapwing, where Michael believed that he found a <strong>Audouin’s gull,</strong> we noted that the gull was quite large and had white rings on the right leg ( please refer to photo below – confirmation would be appreciated). There were a number of <strong>lesser black backed, black headed</strong> and a few <strong>med gulls </strong>present.</p><p><strong>Zitting cisticola</strong> were landing on the boardwalk ropes a few feet away and a few <strong>willow warblers </strong>were flitting in the scrub and along with parties of <strong>house sparrow</strong>. Mike said that he saw a single <strong>reed warbler </strong>on the marsh grass.</p><p></p><p>On Wednesday as we strolled down the board walk just past the (access currently flooded) viewing platform, we saw three <strong>purple swamp hen</strong> on the grassy margins.</p><p></p><p>Quite a number of <strong>mallard, gadwall and pochard </strong>were swimming on the lagoon on all three occasions.</p><p>A large flock of <strong>spoonbill, grey heron</strong> and a number of <strong>greater flamingo</strong> were in residency, but too far away to count acurately. On Wed 7th October we scoped <strong>five glossy ibis</strong> at the ruined Farm House end. Also on Wednesday there were literally thousands of <strong>coot </strong>and <strong>little grebe.</strong> On the same day hundreds of <strong>white storks </strong>were in the surrounding fields along with a large gathering of <strong>cattle egret</strong>, which appeared to feeding on grasshoppers. </p><p></p><p>On all our visits <strong>northern wheatear</strong> and <strong>stonechat</strong> were about in good numbers.</p><p>The only raptor that we saw was a single kestrel on Sunday, though normally the marsh is good for harrier.</p><p>On an acacia on the dunes, on 4th was a <strong>great grey shrike.</strong></p><p>To my surprise on the 8th, although we were looking unsuccessfully for a bluethroat, surprisingly there was a <strong>common magpie</strong> on one of the boardwalk fence posts, an Algarve first for us.</p><p>The fringes of the marsh held a number of waders including:</p><p><strong>Common and curlew sandpiper,</strong> <strong>stilts & godwit</strong>, <strong>dunlin</strong>, <strong>ringed </strong>and <strong>little ringed plover</strong>.</p><p>On the 8th I stopped the car for a <strong>little owl </strong>resting on almond tree as we left for Quinta da Lago.</p><p>On the 9th two <strong>avocet </strong>were near the marsh parking area, though I’m sure that there must have been more about.</p><p>(to be continued)</p><p>Tina</p><p>:cat:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SUN BIRD, post: 1614852, member: 70750"] [b]Algarve Trip Report 2009[/b] [B]SITE REPORTS (cont): Perra Marsh : Sun 4th , Wed 7th , Thurs 8th October, Fri 9th Oct[/B] [B]Birds seen:[/B] On Sunday 4th I spotted a single lapwing, where Michael believed that he found a [B]Audouin’s gull,[/B] we noted that the gull was quite large and had white rings on the right leg ( please refer to photo below – confirmation would be appreciated). There were a number of [B]lesser black backed, black headed[/B] and a few [B]med gulls [/B]present. [B]Zitting cisticola[/B] were landing on the boardwalk ropes a few feet away and a few [B]willow warblers [/B]were flitting in the scrub and along with parties of [B]house sparrow[/B]. Mike said that he saw a single [B]reed warbler [/B]on the marsh grass. On Wednesday as we strolled down the board walk just past the (access currently flooded) viewing platform, we saw three [B]purple swamp hen[/B] on the grassy margins. Quite a number of [B]mallard, gadwall and pochard [/B]were swimming on the lagoon on all three occasions. A large flock of [B]spoonbill, grey heron[/B] and a number of [B]greater flamingo[/B] were in residency, but too far away to count acurately. On Wed 7th October we scoped [B]five glossy ibis[/B] at the ruined Farm House end. Also on Wednesday there were literally thousands of [B]coot [/B]and [B]little grebe.[/B] On the same day hundreds of [B]white storks [/B]were in the surrounding fields along with a large gathering of [B]cattle egret[/B], which appeared to feeding on grasshoppers. On all our visits [B]northern wheatear[/B] and [B]stonechat[/B] were about in good numbers. The only raptor that we saw was a single kestrel on Sunday, though normally the marsh is good for harrier. On an acacia on the dunes, on 4th was a [B]great grey shrike.[/B] To my surprise on the 8th, although we were looking unsuccessfully for a bluethroat, surprisingly there was a [B]common magpie[/B] on one of the boardwalk fence posts, an Algarve first for us. The fringes of the marsh held a number of waders including: [B]Common and curlew sandpiper,[/B] [B]stilts & godwit[/B], [B]dunlin[/B], [B]ringed [/B]and [B]little ringed plover[/B]. On the 8th I stopped the car for a [B]little owl [/B]resting on almond tree as we left for Quinta da Lago. On the 9th two [B]avocet [/B]were near the marsh parking area, though I’m sure that there must have been more about. (to be continued) Tina :cat: [/QUOTE]
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