Confined to our municipality for a short while yet, our daily walks with Ellie continue to be around Alvor and its coastal environment. The wintering Great Black-backed Gull was sitting out on the estuary, in an area it seems to favour. It was good to see both Whimbrels and Curlews in several locations along the saltmarsh. Here, a Whimbrel is having a tasty crab for a meal. A Curlew in flight. A small flock of Cormorants hunting together. Common Redshanks are the most numerous wader, with good numbers of Dunlin also. Ringed and Kentish Plovers are in small numbers and Grey Plovers can be found in their winter plumage. A drop in water level above the dam has brought in Common Snipe, Green and Common Sandpiper. This Greenshank was feeding close by. Around 30 young Flamingos were feeding and groups of Spoonbills were resting on the islands. In the air, a Marsh Harrier and an Osprey flew up river. Crag Martins are becoming more numerous everywhere along the coast now. An unusual overcast sky appeared, making a mess of this Caspian Tern shot, as it tried to devour a sizeable fish.
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