The above site is one of the few remaining freshwater lagoons in the Algarve. It is currently, almost totally fenced off as it waits approval for a developer to drain and construct a supermarket here. The exact location is, adjacent to Aldi supermarket which is next to Apolonia supermarket - there is much opposition locally and from environmental bodies but sadly I fear, money talks as usual. The site is an important resting place for the many hundreds of Glossy Ibis which live in this part of the Algarve and is also an important wader wintering site. Carl Hawker who reports from here almost daily, achieves around 40 species on a short visit. As well as the wintering Black-tailed Godwits, there are currently around 11 Ruff, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 20 Common Snipe and the rare Jack Snipe as well as other wader species and wildfowl. A few of around 300 Glossy Ibis coming in to rest. Wonderful colouring on these ibis, when in good light. Black-tailed Godwits with the Glossy Ibis. Pleased to find the Wood Sandpiper emerging from behind an ibis. Wood Sandpiper. A female Kestrel sitting nearby.
anabela
10/2/2019 01:46:56 pm
Thank you for writing about Alagoas Brancas. All is not lost 'yet' so please make another visit and write again. We need to save this place. Comments are closed.
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