I had the morning to myself and I felt yesterday that I overlooked the boundaries of where a Pine Forest meets a Marsh that flows into the salt ponds along a dusty road that passes the Stork and Heronry . I walked the road Rua Henrique Fernandes SerrĂ£o, Faro into the Ludo
7am. The Azure winged Magpies take you into the Pines, 2 Iberian Woodpecker in the Pine Forest as graffiti ruined building gave up a nest building pair of Red rumped Swallows, a few Barn Swallows and House Martins.
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The Pines
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I got to the area I wanted to be and it turned out to be one of the best days birding I could have asked for, the Morning song of Corn Buntings, Sardinian Warblers, Waxbills, Goldfinch , Zitting Cistacolla and Cettis. A Marsh Harrier was perched at distance.
A drumming and calling along the track was a Lesser spotted Woodpecker that gave unreal views once found, attracting another but it flew of pretty quick 2 unreal, a noisy Cettis Warbler gave itself up for photos
Take a breath.
I moved along the path 20 Little Egrets were still at roost with Glossy Ibis and a bit away a Purple Heron. The Storks were busy nesting. A few fly over Glossy Ibis and a Booted Eagle stamped a fantastic morning of birding, with more to come.
With mid day approaching and the heat kicking in I walked back getting a few Red Rumped Swallow shots now the light was up. I caught site of a Meloudious Warbler as it moved through the leaves of near by tree
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