One of my favourite birding areas, between Lagos and Sagres. When I visited last week, there was no water at all in what is a small wetland in the winter months. Today a small amount of water has run in, but too early to attract many species. Common Sandpipers frequent the area shown above and today was no exception. The only other water birds present were two Grey Herons and two Common Snipe, seen in flight. Blackbirds seemed to be on the increase, though no Ring Ouzels yet. Two Robins were heard, the first wintering Chiffchaffs were on the marsh and a Black Redstart was on the back cliffs. Two Fan-tailed Warblers were in bushes along with the usual Stonechats. I expect this site will improve dramatically as more water enters the marsh in the winter months. Low tide at Boca do Rio. At Cabranosa this afternoon, small numbers of Short-toed Eagles appeared still flying incredibly high. Less Booted Eagles came over but, a Black Stork and 7 White Storks were also high in the sky. The occasional Sparrowhawk flew through as did this Peregrine, one of two in the area.
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