A last minute decision to make an afternoon visit, in view of a freshening Easterly wind. The morning had started with a Great Skua at sea from my apartment, which was a first through the winter months and long overdue. This was followed by a 'Bluethroat Walk' with Cheryl and Roger along Alvor's saltmarsh. Two birds, one a nice male, singing from a bush were found in not too easy conditions. The wind had brought plenty of hirundines over the lagoons at Salgados. Mainly House Martins flying high and lower down the Barn Swallows were feeding over the water. I thought there must be a chance of a Red-rumped Swallow among all these birds and sure enough, in a little time two shot over my head and were gone. Crag Martins were also numerous. The sea has flooded in again with levels higher than I've seen before. It was a case of watching hirundines in the air, or gulls resting on the lagoons - there was little else. On normally dry ground, a pool provided water for the Crag Martins. Among today's gulls were some smart adult Audouin's Gulls which flew off to roost on the golf course edge. Mediterranean Gulls were in all plumages from dark capped adults to juveniles. ......... and the Ring-billed Gull continues its stay, by the bridge at the Eastern end.
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