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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Barred Wobbler" data-source="post: 1679865" data-attributes="member: 69394">Thanks for that John.I wonder if the colour-ringed black-tailed godwit that they mention in their report on 27th October is the one I saw there at Fuseta station when I called in on my trip back to the airport on 7th November.The egret was in exactly the same place on the 4th and the 7th on the saltpans between Tavira and Santa Luzia. I found the way in by accident when I drove down a likely-looking residential road that turned into a track in Tavira (it's my first trip to Portugal, so I had to explore a bit). It's probably easier to find from the Santa Luzia end. Just on the outskirts of Sta L there is an anchor by the side of the road. Opposite it is a track that runs down to the saltings. Following the track through brings you into Tavira on the road I found.Not far down the track from the Sta Luzia end there is a right turn between saltpans that leads to a gate to some saltworks and a "keep out" sign. The Egret was loitering on the fence and in the ditch just next to the gate.(Google Earth says it's at 37°06'14"N, 7°38'48"W)</blockquote>