Isn’t that a wonderful collective noun
Category: Waders & other water birds
The challenges of spotting a crepuscular bird that skulks in reedbeds!
Not as common in the Ria Formosa as the guide suggests.
It has been a while since I shared a birding post so I thought I’d do something uncommon
Every few minutes the ‘orchestra’ suddenly launched into the sky, swooping round and calling to each other, it was an extraordinary sight to watch and also to hear. No wonder we keep returning again and again to this part of the Algarve.
The Snowy Egret, or what we call the Little Egret, is a familiar sight here…
. . . . by their looks and are only just learning their Portuguese names; Maçarico-real…